Why I am standing down at the next election Thursday, 18 April, 2024 It is remarkable how nice people are to you when you declare that you are off! For those constituents who have not yet heard I announced at the East Worthing & Shoreham Conservative Association AGHM last Friday that after long deliberation I had decided not to stand again as their candidate at the next General Election. By the time of that election I will have served for more than 27 years as the... Local News
Merger of Ball Tree Surgery and Kingfisher Family Practice 3rd October 2017 Ball Tree Surgery in Lancing and Kingfisher Family Practice in Lancing merged on 1 October 2017 to form a single GP practice operating under the name 'Ball Tree... Local News
Sentences for animal cruelty to increase tenfold to five years 30th September 2017 Animal abusers who commit the most heinous crimes could face up to five years in prison under new plans set to be unveiled by Environment Secretary Michael Gove... Westminster News
Letter of objection to the proposed New Monks Farm development 29th September 2017 New Monks Farm planning application AWDM/0961/17 I am writing formally to register my objection to the above planning application as the Member of Parliament... Local News
National Citizen Service Graduation 28th September 2017 One of the Government’s best kept secrets is the National Citizen Service programme aimed at 16 and 17 year olds to get them more engaged in volunteering and... Articles
Business as usual planned on most Southern routes during RMT strike 28th September 2017 GTR are planning to run a normal service on most of their Southern routes during the planned RMT strikes on Tuesday 3 October and Thursday 5 October, although... Local News
Fairer Funding for Schools in West Sussex - Letter to Justine Greening 24th September 2017 Dear Justine Fairer Funding for Schools in West Sussex Together with other colleagues from West Sussex we have of course spoken at length with you, other... Westminster News
Herald column September 21st 2017 21st September 2017 Thanks to all those who came along to my public meeting in Lancing Parish Hall last Thursday to talk about the New Monks Farm development and state of the A27... Articles
Have the Greeks lost their Marbles? 21st September 2017 Earlier this year I took a few hours out from a visit to UNICEF refugee facilities in Athens to have a look round the Acropolis Museum. I was one of just over 1... Articles
A27 Working group - Response to Highways England A27 proposals 20th September 2017 The A27 Working Group, which I sit on, have published their official response to Highways England's (HE) A27 'improvement' proposals and pulled no punches in... Local News