Assessing Welsh Labour’s 25 years in power Wednesday, 27 March, 2024 Last week Vaughan Gething was confirmed as the new First Minister of Wales after a vote in the Welsh Parliament, succeeding Mark Drakeford. Whilst I congratulate Mr Gething on this achievement and wish him well as he takes on the task of leading Wales, it is worth taking this opportunity to step back and evaluate Labour’s record in Wales and to ask ourselves if this is something we would really... Articles
New Kickstart Job Schemes go live 3rd September 2020 As part of the Government’s Plan for Jobs, employers are being offered £2,000 for each new apprentice they hire aged under 25, and £1,500 for each newly... Articles
BACK TO SCHOOL – FOR INFORMATION 31st August 2020 On Friday, I spoke to Gloucestershire County Council’s leadership team along with my fellow Gloucestershire MPs to run through the extensive measures that have... Local News
Funding for the Forest of Dean 26th August 2020 Some great news for the Forest of Dean and Gloucestershire as a whole thanks to the £11.3 million from the Government’s £900 million ‘Getting Building Fund’... Articles
Eat Out to Help Out with The Fountain Inn 25th August 2020 Enjoyed visiting The Fountain Inn, Parkend last night, another great Forest of Dean establishment participating in the Government’s Eat Out to Help Out... Local News
£500k+ of extra funding for Hartpury College 24th August 2020 Hartpury College of Further Education is to receive more than £500,000 of extra Government funding to begin immediate work from this September to repair and... Local News
£ Millions more funding for our local NHS 20th August 2020 Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is receiving an extra £4.4 million of capital funding for hospital upgrades, as part of the Government’s NHS... Local News
Supporting our armed forces 19th August 2020 On Saturday, we marked the 75th Anniversary of the Victory over Japan and the end of the Second World War. Those that fought in the War in the East often refer... Articles
My thoughts on exam results 18th August 2020 As you almost certainly will have heard by now, Ofqual and the Education Secretary Gavin Williamson have apologised for the stress they caused and decided that... Articles
Visit to Go Ape at Mallards Pike 16th August 2020 Last week, I visited another of the Forest of Dean’s key tourism destinations, Go Ape at Mallards Pike. I unleashed my inner Tarzan (the jungle sort rather than... Local News