The Prime Minister has announced a game-changing increase in our defence budget, which will now reach 2.5% of GDP by 2030. That's a whopping £75 billion injection over the next six years.
Today, I had the privilege of reconnecting with my constituent David Hughes from Bignall End, here in Westminster! He's been tirelessly dedicated to Cardiac Risk in the Young (CRY) since the heart-breaking loss of his son Daniel to an undiagnosed heart condition in March 2015.
In light of the story in today's Sentinel, which I know will worry constituents, I would now like to make public my letter, which I sent to Staffordshire County Council in July of last year, objecting to planning permission on a quarry next to the A500.
Great to see Newcastle under Lyme District Scouts parading through the town centre prior to a service at St Giles’s, which they have kindly invited me to.
St George’s Day itself is this Tuesday. Do you think it should be a bank holiday?
I enjoyed some time with my family at Keele University this afternoon exploring Appetite’s “What on Earth” - a two-day event in celebration of Earth Day 2024.
We had a tour of the observatory, made durodango (Japanese mud balls!) and planted some poetry (written on seed paper).
Leader of the Council, Simon Tagg, met up again today with artist Andy Edwards who has been commissioned to sculpt the statue of our late Queen Elizabeth II for the Queens Gardens. The detail is looking amazing!
