Speaking in the Renters Reform Bill Debate Thursday, 25 April, 2024 Speaking in the Renters Reform Bill debate, with the help of Barnardo's Children's charity and Become, care and care leavers charity, I highlighted the (largely) negative impact that private rental prices - rising by 6.2% in the 12 months to January 2024 - have on care leavers as young as 18, fending for themselves. A quarter of homeless people as well as a quarter of prisoners in the UK have been... Speeches in Parliament
Herald column December 7th, 2023 7th December 2023 Just occasionally the Government gets it wrong, and I find it necessary not to follow the helpful advice provided by the Whips. Last Monday was one such... Local News
Herald Column November 30th 2023 30th November 2023 The Christmas tree at the House of Commons is up, carol singing has stated and on Saturday I attended no fewer than 5 Christmas fairs across the constituency... Local News
Worthing Herald Column November 23rd 2023 23rd November 2023 There is some progress at last on the issue of the missing secondary school places in Adur which has meant that a cohort of pupils from west Shoreham have had... Local News
The Chancellor delivers his Autumn Statement 2023 22nd November 2023 I was pleased by the Chancellor's Jeremy Hunt Autumn Statement announcement last Wednesday including major packages for pensioners, the self-employed, those on... Speeches in Parliament
Sir Robert Woodward Academy 20th November 2023 The news that Sir Robert Woodard Academy has agreed to take a further 70 pupils for the next school year in September 2024 is very welcome and should hopefully... Local News
Herald Column November 16th 2023 16th November 2023 Well done to the Worthing Society for commissioning a memorial stone in tribute to our late Queen. I was honoured to attend its unveiling by the Mayor in Beach... Local News
Herald Column November 9th 2023 9th November 2023 I hope everyone survived last week’s storms which lashed the south coast in particular. After a tour round the constituency, it looks as though the flood... Local News
Adur Secondary school places and County Council's failures in independent report 7th November 2023 It came to my attention earlier in the year that the County Council had been deficient in supplying Adur parents of secondary school aged pupils, a place in a... Local News
Herald column November 2nd 2023 2nd November 2023 Most MPs are natural exhibitionists so being invited to overdress for a universally acknowledged good cause is a no brainer. Thus, I joined many MPs last week... Local News