My latest column - 19th November 2020 Thursday, 19 November, 2020 Voting for the UK to return to a national lockdown earlier this month was one of the hardest choices I have ever had to make as an MP. I know only too well from my casework in the last lockdown how there are wider consequences from such a drastic step that can be as serious for the affected individuals as the impact of a Covid outbreak. Nevertheless, it is hard for a Prime Minister to ignore hard... Articles
Statement on the latest Coronavirus measures 4th November 2020 It must be stressed that we do not currently face a choice between lockdown or no lockdown. The choice in policy terms that faces us is whether to continue with... Articles
Chocolate company takes over Suffolk factory creating up to 220 jobs 4th November 2020 GCB Cocoa have officially taken over the former Philips Avent factory in Glemsford. The Malaysian company has pledged to invest £62.2m and create 220 jobs... Local News
Calls for major reform of offshore wind industry to protect coast and countryside 2nd November 2020 A major reform of offshore energy legislation has been backed by Norfolk and Suffolk MPs. Picture: DENISE BRADLEY Calls to protect Norfolk and Suffolk... Local News
Statement on Free School Meals 29th October 2020 Please see my statement below on extending free school meals into the school holidays. I previously said on Twitter that I felt some of the reaction to how MPs... Articles
MP joins volunteers to plant bulbs to mark World Polio Day 25th October 2020 The planting was to mark World Polio Day A Suffolk MP helped to plant 1,000 crocus bulbs in Sudbury to raise awareness, funds and support to end polio. Sudbury... Local News
‘Use them or we might lose them’: Suffolk MPs back Shop Local call this Christmas 20th October 2020 MPs from around Suffolk are backing this newspapers Shop Local campaign Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND, MARIAM GHAEMI, OFFICE OF DAN POULTER MP, HOUSE OF COMMONS, PA... Local News
My latest column - 15th October 2020 15th October 2020 I wish I was writing about something other than Coronavirus, which I have touched on to some degree in each of my last few columns. However, these are... Articles
Where Suffolk’s 54 new police officers will be deployed outlined by PCC 13th October 2020 Suffolk is getting an additional 54 officers from the Government's Operation Uplift announcement in October 2019. Picture: SARAH LUCY BROWN Suffolk’s police and... Local News
MP reopens Bildeston Primary School 10th October 2020 MP James Cartlidge opened Bildeston Primary School which has gone through an 18-month refurbishment Picture: CHARLOTTE BOND Major renovations have marked “a new... Local News
