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Thank goodness, Reform UK in Kent have woken up and realised their plan to cut our local Fire & Rescue Service was a bad one. I welcome the U-turn. It was...

Cuts to our local fire and rescue services are in the pipeline. What are they thinking? Extreme heat is the new normal, so fires are more likely. Water...

Frustratingly, water outages seem to be becoming part of the new normal for people living in this part of Kent. Many of my constituents were without water for...

More than one million young people aren't in employment, education or training, and too many are losing hope. I gave a speech at the Social Mobility Commission...

We are on our third major water outage in a year. Thousands of homes and businesses have gone without water for days on end. Farmers in Kent have been told they...

Unauthorised Gypsy/Traveller encampments is a problem and it’s getting worse. The crux of the issue is that the planning system is being abused. Work starts on...

Historic churches are at risk of slipping into disrepair as many will no longer be able to afford essential maintenance work. The Listed Places of Worship...

Keeping up the fight for fibre broadband rollout in constituency ‘not spots’: I am furious that the government has reneged on its commitment to connect parts of...

Almost 1 in 5 young people are unemployed in Britain. Over 700,000 are looking for work but can’t find it. Are you one of them? Have you spent hours filling out...