In December, the Prime Minister announced that he would introduce emergency legislation, supported by a legally binding treaty, to finally get flights to Rwanda off the ground and tackle Channel boat crossings. At the time, I wrote a blog post which explained why I believed that to be so important: […]
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Prior to any General Election, all candidates standing receive many requests to pledge their support for national policy issues. Many of these causes are noble and I will wish to support them. However, main party candidates at General Elections stand on their party’s manifestos – the programme of policies that […]
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I know an area of acute local interest is the condition of our waterways. We are blessed to live in such a beautiful part of the country, and it is incumbent on us all to ensure that our rivers and waterways are maintained. Of course, none of us want to […]
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Find the ONS bulletin on the public sector finances for January 2024, here.
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Last week, it was announced that the Wycombe Elective Surgical Centre (WESC) had been nominated by the regional NHS team for the prestigious national surgical hub accreditation program. I was glad to visit Wycombe Hospital to discuss the announcement with doctors there and the many positives it will bring to […]
Read MoreAfter receiving the following email from a constituent – which I publish by permission – I decided to take new steps to detoxify comment on my social media: I am writing to you after having spoken to [XXX] about how horrified and upset I get when I go to your […]
Read MoreI know how much difficulty Covid has caused people in Wycombe and across our country. Alongside the awful health implications of Covid, cycles of lockdowns and restrictions have meant that the Government has borrowed £350 billion to help and support families and businesses through Covid. This may have been the right thing to […]
Read MoreThe Telegraph reports, Ofcom accused of stifling ‘criticism’ of Government’s Covid response. Here’s my comment in full: “Time and again, the weight of Ofcom rules about coronavirus coverage upon broadcasters’ legal departments has been explained to me by people with direct experience. “While the actual rulings made appear entirely reasonable, […]
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UPDATE: I have now written to the Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab: “In the meantime however, I would ask you to please examine again whether these cuts to aid spending could be done more sympathetically with respect to those most in need.” 3 June 2021: In order to protest cuts to […]
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Many thanks to the Adam Smith Institute for having me on the Tax Freedom Day panel this evening. I promised I would publish my referenced slides: find them here.
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