I hope you've had an excellent Christmas and the chance to enjoy one of the many local events on Boxing Day. From sporting occasions like the Hythe Town versus Folkestone Invicta football match, the Saltwood Boxing Day run and the East Kent hunt meeting in Elham; to events that raise money for good causes like […]
We are all aware that there are still issues to be resolved following the international banking crisis. Bank customers have approached me with problems they have had, both with business and personal accounts, and on a number of occasions we have been able to successfully resolve them. I have also met regularly with some of […]
I was in the House of Commons last Wednesday to cheer the news that the 3p increase in petrol duty proposed for January has been scrapped. Petrol is now 10p a litre cheaper than it would have been under the plans set out before the last general election; this is important for the many families […]
The nuclear decommissioning programme at Dungeness A station received a boost last week, in a move which will bring in millions of pounds of investment and create new jobs. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has granted over £12million to bring forward the clearance of the land to the south of the reactor buildings. This phase of […]