Coronavirus - Three Tier System Friday, 23 October, 2020 Five months have now passed since the UK went into a national lockdown due to Covid-19 and there have been several changes to the regulations since then. As well as the 'Rule of Six', a new three tier system has now been introduced to target local outbreaks. The three tiers are as follows: Medium: all businesses and venues can continue to operate in a COVID-secure manner, other than those which... Articles
Parliamentary Vote on Brexit 14th March 2017 Last night, the Brexit vote was passed through the House of Commons without the House of Lords' amendments being agreed to, and the House of Lords subsequently... Articles
Meeting Avonbourne Students as part of 'PeaceJam' 27th February 2017 On Friday, I was delighted to visit Avonbourne School and to meet Avonbourne students participating in this year’s PeaceJam conference, working to increase... Articles
Syrian Children Coming To The UK 13th February 2017 Over the last few days, I have received a large amount of emails and letters regarding the announcement over plans to transfer 350 unaccompanied asylum-seeking... Articles
New Housing Proposals Announced 8th February 2017 Pleased to see the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, the Rt. Hon. Sajid Javid, yesterday announce new plans to tackle the growing need... Articles
Local Council Merger Proposals 27th January 2017 Last year, a consultation was launched for Dorset residents to have a say in the future of their local councils. Almost ¾ of respondents supported the idea of... Articles
PM's Brexit Speech 18th January 2017 For those that missed it, yesterday saw Prime Minister Theresa May set out the Government's 12 point negotiating objectives for Brexit. A summary of the points... Articles
School visits 16th January 2017 I was delighted to recently meet with two local school groups - one from Bournemouth School and one from Park School. I was asked about local issues as well as... Articles
Autumn Statement 28th November 2016 When we took back Government from Labour all those years ago, Britain’s economy was on the brink of collapse. Six years on we are getting back on our feet... Articles
Brexit Refendum - My Thoughts 4th November 2016 Many constituents have contacted me regarding the EU referendum and what this now means for the UK. The referendum turnout was 71.8%, with 30 million people... Articles
