In the heart of crisis, where darkness surrounds the innocent, there stands the unwavering humanitarian aid workers — heroes whose courage and compassion drive life-saving efforts amidst impossible odds. With 289 aid workers having paid the ultimate sacrifice, their commitment to alleviating
Our railways were once the pride of Britain, however rising fares and deteriorating service quality means this is distant memory. Commuters are increasingly finding themselves caught in a system that is unaffordable, unreliable, and unfair. In my constituency, the cost of a
Nuclear power stations, it turns out, need a lot of water. Hinkley Point C, just outside my constituency of Bridgwater, will be no different. Once operational, it will need nearly 8,000,000 litres of water a minute. That’s an Olympic swimming pool taken
This week, I led a Westminster Hall Debate on the future of Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR). With the Autumn Budget looming, farmers and family business owners are anxious about potential changes to these vital reliefs, and it
The new Labour government have rightly placed addressing the housing crisis central to our programme for government, delivering security and opportunity for hundreds of thousands of families. To meet this ambition, we must ensure that we’re building not just houses, but communities.
The impact of flooding across the Mid Bedfordshire constituency has been absolutely devastating for some in our local communities and I am determined to make sure people can recover and that the response to flooding is much better in the future. That’s
1 in 6 vapes confiscated from schools across England were found to contain Spice, according to Professor Chris Pudney at the University of Bath. I have been working closely with Professor Pudney to understand exactly how children are accessing this harmful drug
It is obvious that Scotland has great economic potential. It has some of the best universities in the world. It has a brilliant energy sector, with the skills and ingenuity to be at the forefront of the energy transition, and it has
The world is undergoing a monumental shift, similar to the transformative impact of mobile phones, the internet, and the combustion engine. Today, this change is the transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Billions of pounds are being generated, thousands of jobs
This week was a fitting moment for a debate on the future of the nuclear industry in Cumbria given it marks the anniversary of the world’s first civil nuclear power station, Calder Hall, in my constituency. It was a landmark moment for
