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
University students from disadvantaged backgrounds 21st August 2017 Under the Conservatives, young people from disadvantaged backgrounds are around 73 per cent more likely to enter higher education now than in 2006. Westminster News
Canadian Memorial Day service 2017 20th August 2017 Earlier this month I went to see Dunkirk, a fantastic film giving a new perspective on those 9 days back in 1940 when with the help of 39 British destroyers, a... Local News
Send my Friend to School Campaign 2017 18th August 2017 Thank you very much to the pupils of Eastbrook Primary Academy for their wonderful jigsaw puzzle pieces as part of the Send My Friend to School Campaign. I was... Local News
RMT strike action announced - September 18th August 2017 Please see below a statement from GTR regarding the RMT’s announcement today about fresh industrial action on Southern services on Friday, 1 September and... Local News
Herald Column August 17th 2017 17th August 2017 I have now become an award winning columnist. Not for what is produced by my pen alas but rather what is produced from my garden. After years of handing out the... Articles
Local Public Consultation Decision 16th August 2017 I was very disappointed to hear confirmation that Lancing Post Office will move to Garrett's convenience store opposite in October. The attached letter from the... Local News
Brexit Plans: Customs 16th August 2017 Yesterday, Shadow International Trade Minister Bill Esterson was asked 11 times on the Today Programme – and a further 5 times on 5Live – what Labour’s plan for... Westminster News
Negotiating Objectives for Brexit: Northern Ireland and Ireland 16th August 2017 Today, we have set out a series of principles to govern our approach to the #NorthernIreland border as we leave the #EU . We are clear that the UK government... Westminster News
Southern Water - update on East Worthing Wastewater Treatment Works 15th August 2017 East Worthing Wastewater Treatment Works (WTW) is back operating under mains power and has been since last Wednesday lunchtime. This follows the total power... Local News