At this time of maximum uncertainty for the economy, with the threat of coronavirus hanging over the whole world, it was a very good time to take the views of local businesses at the Kent Invicta Chamber of Commerce last week.
Few news stories in recent weeks have been as shocking as the revelation that a number of babies have died at one of the East Kent hospitals when the deaths were preventable.
On Friday Damian Green MP presented the shortlisted pupils from Willesborough Primary School, including the overall winner, with their prizes for the Litter Angels anti-litter poster competition.
On Tuesday 21st January 2020, I led a parliamentary debate on High Speed One (HS1) rolling stock to discuss the need for new rolling stock on the High Speed line.
After spending last Saturday unusually in Westminster I had hoped to be able to write this column explaining what happens next in the Brexit saga. Sadly as I write nothing is yet clear, and I can only hope that we can see the route ahead by the time you are reading this.
Most of the time this column is useful to address the problems and complaints people have. There is never a shortage of subjects! Occasionally though I like to use it to remind us all of the quiet good work that goes on around our local community every day.
With crime and policing prominent in the news at the moment, I was pleased to take part in the Give a Day to Policing scheme this year. This is an invitation given to MPs to spend a day with police officers out at the sharp end, to see how the demands on the police are changing.
