Since becoming an MP, few issues have been raised with me as consistently, or with greater frustration, than the state of our rivers and the conduct of our water companies. In my constituency of Harrogate and Knaresborough, residents see the consequences every
A few weekends ago, I went back to the ex-mining town in West Yorkshire where I grew up. I was there to help my mum – now a local councillor I helped to elect – deliver leaflets and knock on doors. As
Last week in Parliament, I led an adjournment debate on an issue that has gone unaddressed for too long: the outdated and unjust peak-time restrictions on disabled bus passes. Under the English National Concessionary Travel Scheme, eligible disabled people are entitled to
The atrocities committed by Daesh — also known as Islamic State — between 2014 and 2017 represent one of the gravest human rights failures of our time. During this period, across Syria and Iraq, Daesh waged a brutal campaign of terror against
Adoption is often viewed as the happy ending in a child’s journey through trauma and instability, but for many families across the UK, it marks the beginning of a far more complex and challenging chapter. The issue of adoption breakdown—when adopted children
