Every time we eat a meal, turn the radiator up, or go for a long Sunday walk in the countryside we are benefitting from the hard work of rural communities. Yet these communities, like my constituency of North Northumberland, are not receiving
We are deep in that time of the parliamentary cycle where Fridays see a host of Private Member’s Bills being debated. Friday 24th January, whilst Storm Eowyn raged across Northern Ireland and Scotland was no exception, with my bill the Gambling Act
Illegal migration is out of control, and it is local communities up and down the country who are footing the consequences of catastrophically ineffective policy. 220 asylum hotels across villages, towns and cities sit as stark reminders on the doorsteps of the
Every now and then a topic captures the public’s imagination and rightly generates much-needed debate. A year ago, everyone was talking about the Post Office Horizon scandal and finally asking important questions about how this had been allowed to happen. But hardly
I wanted to secure last week’s adjournment debate to recognise the importance of Crewe Railway Station, not just to my constituents in Crewe and Nantwich, but to the entire region of Cheshire East, the North West of England, and the nation as
Imagine navigating life as your vision gradually fades, knowing that no treatment currently exists to halt or reverse the process. For thousands of individuals in the UK living with inherited retinal diseases (IRDs), this is a stark reality. Yet, within this challenge
This year marks the centenary of Stoke-on-Trent, a city born out of the federation of six towns in 1925. It is a city built on partnerships, a union of equals that must now consider its future as it enters a second century.
Seventy-four per cent of the total floodplain in the United Kingdom is agricultural land, including, 60% of our best and most versatile land. As a result, the argument about what should happen with floodplains—whether they should be allowed to flood, be rewilded
We are nothing without our heritage and its vital we preserve it. Nothing perhaps encapsulates the UK’s heritage more than our historic places of worship. Church buildings form a vital part of the identity of Britain’s landscapes and townscapes. They are the
The stark reality for migrant workers in the UK is that they are under-protected by our employment rights framework and victimised by our immigration rules. Migrant social care workers are particularly vulnerable to this kind of ill-treatment because of the hostile environment
