Westminster News

I’m pleased to hear that there’s been another round of Rural Development Programme funding for farmers. For the first time there will be specific funding...

BT has at last offered to provide the necessary infrastructure for 99% of premises in the UK to get superfast broadband by 2020. I have been campaigning for...

1. Unemployment is now at its lowest rate since 1975. It currently stands at 4.5 per cent – down 0.4 per cent over the past year and down 3.5 per cent since...

Today I introduced a Private Members Bill which, if successful, will give parents who have lost a child statutory paid leave to grieve. At the moment the...

It’s great news that there will be an additional £1.3 billion for schools funding over the next two years which will help create more good school places in the...

There’s some good news for small businesses worried about the switchover to compulsory digital accounting to keep their business records, and to update HMRC on...

This week I met with the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Greg Clark, to make it absolutely clear that I would oppose any...

I am delighted that Theresa May has announced a full inquiry into how contaminated blood transfusions infected thousands of people with hepatitis C and HIV. The...

I was delighted to attend an award ceremony in Westminster to mark the first anniversary of the Species Champions project. The project brings together MPs and...