UK Defence spending to reach 2.5% Thursday, 25 April, 2024 Every day, Britain’s armed forces are on active service around the world. They put themselves in harm’s way to defend our values and interests and keep our people safe. Today, they do so in an international environment that is steadily deteriorating. We are seeing more instability, happening more quickly, in more places at once. Russia’s abhorrent war of aggression in Ukraine continues. And... Local News
Vaccine Update - Border Residents 20th January 2021 On Friday, I had the latest of my regular, in-depth meetings with Gloucestershire’s NHS and County Council leadership teams, where we discussed the ongoing... Articles
More Support 13th January 2021 To reflect the new national restrictions announced last week, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak has set out £4.6 billion of further Government support to protect jobs... Articles
Vaccine Update 6th January 2021 Given the importance of vaccines as a route out of the coronavirus pandemic and associated restrictions , I thought it would be useful to update constituents... Articles
Protecting Jobs 30th December 2020 Just before Christmas, the Chancellor Rishi Sunak confirmed the extension of the furlough scheme until the end of April. So far, the Coronavirus Job Retention... Articles
Building back greener 16th December 2020 Last weekend, the Prime Minister addressed a virtual Climate Ambition Summit, marking the 5th anniversary of the Paris Agreement, and a major milestone on the... Articles
Covid-19 vaccine 9th December 2020 Last week, the independent Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) approved Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use. Preparation by the... Articles
Small Business Saturday 2020 5th December 2020 This year, Small Business Saturday is especially important. While business rates relief, a VAT freeze for the leisure & hospitality sector and more than £25... Articles
Women2Win 15 year anniversary celebration 2nd December 2020 Recently, I was proud to join Women2Win to mark their 15 year anniversary, along with MPs, Peers, supporters and almost 300 fantastic female candidates who... Articles
Vote on the new Covid tier system 1st December 2020 This evening, I will regrettably be voting against the new Covid tier system. Why? The Government has still not provided any evidence to MPs that the specific... Articles