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
Letting Fees: Banned! 1st November 2017 Today, we will publish a new draft bill to ban letting fees for tenants in England. We are working to protect renters to ensure that they are not hit by... Westminster News
PMQs - Shoreham Airshow Crash 1st November 2017 Today at Prime Minister's Questions, I raised with the Prime Minister the situation of the families of Shoreham Airshow crash victims, who have been denied... Local News
Investing £40m to help British farmers 31st October 2017 We’re investing £40m to help British farmers - offering new farm technology to boost productivity and improve quality. Farmers will get a £40 million... Westminster News
Brighton Mainline Alliance 27th October 2017 We all know that our region needs significant long-term rail investment to support our growing regional economy and to maintain our competitive advantage... Local News
New measures to support our GPs 27th October 2017 Many constituents have approached me in recent months about the pressures in general practice – historic underfunding relative to the rest of the NHS has... Westminster News
Growing Communities launch event 27th October 2017 Please find attached a poster promoting the launch event for the Growing Communities project in Eastbrook. Growing Communities is a partnership project between... Local News
BREAKING: MP TAKES BATH ! - Herald column October 26th 2017 26th October 2017 Clearly last week was a slow news week as ‘MP takes bath’ made the front page of the Times in reference to my daily ablutions. Surely ‘MP never takes bath or... Articles
RMT industrial action - Transport Secretary's Response 26th October 2017 Dear Colleague, As you will be aware the RMT union have called strike action starting on 8 November on five rail companies, namely Southern, South Western... Westminster News
Battersea Dogs & Cats Home - Animal Cruelty 25th October 2017 I had a very useful meeting with Battersea Dogs & Cats Home discussing what the Conservatives are doing in government to increase sentencing for animal cruelty... Westminster News