Our Man in Westminster - Abbie's Army receives Prime Minister’s Points of Light award 16th November 2023 One of my most pleasurable duties in recent days was to present an award to Amanda and Ray Mifsud, who set up the Ashford-based charity “Abbie’s Army” in 2012... Articles
Social Care Policy Papers 21st October 2023 My long standing interest in reforming social care has led me to write multiple policy papers on different aspects of the social care sector and how reform can... Articles
Our Man in Westminster - There's hope international trains will stop at Ashford again. 19th October 2023 The sight of the international side of Ashford station being empty and unused has been a depressing one for the past few years, since the last train ran before... Articles
Select Committee Update – The British Museum and Protection of National Collections 18th October 2023 Today the CMS Committee held a one-off session to discuss the theft/loss of items from the collection of the British Museum reported in the summer this year... Articles
Our Man in Westminster - Household Spending in Ashford 9th October 2023 This week I am indebted to the Barclays Local Insights Report for some fascinating facts and figures about Ashford, which tell us all what is really happening... Articles
Our Man in Westminster - Millions of taxpayers’ money was spent to upgrade signalling at Ashford - we are entitled to a return from that investment 21st September 2023 One of the important campaigns that we call need to keep running is the pressure on Eurostar to rethink its current position on running services from Ashford... Articles
Damian Green MP helps to raise money for anti- choking device 12th September 2023 Damian Green, MP for Ashford joins forces with the Oliver Steeper Foundation to ensure all nurseries in the UK are equipped with an anti- choking device. Lewis... Articles
Our Man in Westminster - The M20 7th September 2023 With autumn now upon us (and of course the weather getting better than it has been all summer) it is worth noting one summer phenomenon that did not happen—days... Articles
Damian Green MP joins call for ‘Buy British’ section on supermarkets’ online store 29th August 2023 Damian Green, Member of Parliament for Ashford, has signed an open letter from over 100 MPs calling on supermarkets to highlight the very best of British... Articles