Month: February 2015

Council tax reduced by another 1% and Folkestone Academy's visit to 10 Downing Street

This Saturday I will be leading the community walk from Dungeness to Folkestone to raise money for the Kent charity, the Young Lives Foundation. We will be departing from the old lighthouse at 9.30am and it would be great to see you there if you would like to join us . The route of the […]

Itinerary for community walk next Saturday, 28th February

On the 28th February I am leading a community walk from Dungeness to Folkestone and would be delighted if you could join me. Below is a rough itinerary of the day, with timings depending on how quickly the group makes progress. Everybody is welcome and it's not too late to sign up. If you’d like […]

Strong jobs growth and wages rising faster than prices sees more money in people's pockets as recovery continues

The inflation figures published this week show that last month prices rose by just 0.3%, helped by the falling costs of fuel and food. We can certainly all see the falling prices at the pumps with petrol now below 107p a litre; a saving of 30p a litre from a few months ago. The price […]

Local provision for people who have become homeless

Given the recent spell of cold weather there has been an understandable increase in concern over the local provision for people who have become homeless and are living on the streets. Last Thursday evening I visited the Folkestone Churches Winter Shelter at the Harbour Community Church in Harvey Street, which has for the last few […]

My views on the additional support for retired Gurkhas just announced by the Government

For the last year I have been working with the House of Commons All Party Group on Gurkha Welfare, to bring forward recommendations to give greater support to retired Gurkhas and to investigate some specific concerns that they have raised about their treatment. At the end of last week the Ministry of Defence published its […]

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