This week Britain will have a woman Prime Minister for only the second time in its history. I am delighted that Theresa May has been elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party and I believe that she will give the country the direction it needs at a time when there are many challenges […]
This week the Conservative Party starts the process of electing its new leader and our next Prime Minister. The Conservative MPs will reduce the field of five candidates to two, and those names will then be submitted to a ballot of all of the members of the party across the country. The winner of this […]
The referendum on Britain’s membership of the European Union last week was one of the greatest democratic exercises in our history. Over thirty-three million people voted with the result producing a victory for the leave campaign. I campaigned for a different result, because I believe that staying in the European Union would be better for […]
On Friday morning last week, I visited St Eanswythe’s primary school in Folkestone, where I was given an excellent tour by the headteacher Jane Garrett, and heard about the pupils recent sporting successes. I then met with the headteacher of the Mundella primary school in Blackbull Road, Nigel Pantling, where I was shown some of […]
Standing under the Step Short, First World War memorial arch on The Leas in Folkestone, the decision we have to make as a country on 23rd June seems small. During the First World War there were ten million movements of soldiers through the town, to France and the trenches of the Western Front. For many, marching […]
On Friday last week I joined the Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, for the opening of the Broomhill Sands and Jury’s Gap coastal defence scheme. This completes a £30million investment which will protect thousands of homes on Romney Marsh. It also follows the £60million spent by the government on building the new […]
Shepway District Council has announced proposals to submit a bid to the government for support to create a new ‘garden town’ on the land surrounding Otterpool Park Farm, close to the south side of junction 11 of the M20. The council has my full support in its decision to launch this debate, but it is […]
On Friday I visited Dungeness B nuclear power station to meet a group of apprentices learning their trade with EDF and to answer their questions. Dungeness B is a major source of jobs in the constituency, directly employing 550 people and supporting another 200 contractors. These jobs are particularly vital to the Marsh economy, which […]
The migration crisis in Europe is a humanitarian disaster, caused by the civil wars in nations like Syria and Libya which have directly contributed to millions of people becoming displaced and seeking safe haven in other countries. This is the largest movement of refugees in Europe since the Second World War. The migration crisis has […]
We have many choices in life, but one thing we have very little say on is when we become ill or need medical assistance. That is why in our manifesto at the last general election, and in my leaflets in Folkestone and Hythe, we pledged to deliver a 7 day a week NHS, so that […]