It was great to be joined on Friday by Amanda Solloway MP, Minister for Energy Consumers and Affordability, to unveil GivEnergy's new facility on Chemical Lane in Newcastle-under-Lyme.
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).