A few weeks ago I opened the new outdoor play area for the Punch and Judy nursery, which meets at Lympne village hall. This is a busy and popular nursery, and it was great to meet the team who run it, as well as some of the children. As a working parent with a young […]
As the leaders in world football meet in Zurich to vote for their next president, the growing pressure for change has become irresistible. Sepp Blatter’s defence against the terrible crisis that has gripped Fifa over the last few days is that it is unreasonable for him to have known what was going on within the […]
On Tuesday evening this week I attended a fundraising dinner at the Burlington hotel in Folkestone to support the relief for the victims of the earthquakes in Nepal. This event has been one of a series organised across our area since the first earthquake struck in April. There has been a tremendous response to this […]
A Kent MP says the latest corruption allegations against FIFA means it is "the end" for football's world governing body. Damian Collins, MP for Folkestone and Hythe, has been a long-standing critic of the way FIFA has administered the professional game around the world. He appeared on BBC's Newsnight last night alongside ex-player David Ginola […]
A better local NHS with more services being delivered in the community, closer to where people live, is one of my top priorities for our area over the next five years. Folkestone is already leading the way as the first town in Kent to offer patients access to a GP seven days a weeks, between […]
It was a great honour to be re-elected as your Member of Parliament last week, and I would like to thank everyone in the Folkestone and Hythe constituency who voted for me, for their support. As always though I will work to represent everyone in our area, regardless of their political beliefs. My first surgeries […]
Last Friday I was delighted to unveil plans for the fantastic new multi-sports centre set to be built in Folkestone on the site of Tontine Street's derelict bingo hall. Currently being demolished, the site will be redeveloped by the Roger de Haan Charitable Trust and has been designed by well-known architect Guy Holloway. The design […]
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The election campaign has flown by. There is not long to go now and I am going to be flat out across the constituency, working hard to convince as many residents as possible to stick with me and the Conservative Party for the next five years. We've had fantastic feedback, but every vote counts. Click […]
I believe our area can be one of the big success stories over the next few years as the economy continues to recover. There are already lots of positive signs of this being the case. I am running for re-election as I want to build on what we have already achieved and to drive the […]