Opinions

The last week has been dominated by the mass buying of fuel from petrol forecourts and anyone who follows me on Facebook will have seen that I have consistently...

The levelling up agenda so frequently spoken about is not just about infrastructure and town centres – important as they are. It’s about a wholesale...

Across Burnley and Padiham, we are served by some amazing GP surgeries. However, one of the issues that has now become a recurring theme is the struggle that...

For decades our social care system has been in need of fundamental reform, but the political will to sort it hasn’t been there. Instead, the difficult decisions...

The Parliamentary recess is now coming to a close and on Monday Parliament will return, with much on the agenda to get through. And with the last summer recess...

This week Parliament has been recalled from the summer recess for the first time since 2013. Back then it was to discuss the conflict in Syria and Government’s...

They say that if you are working on something that you really care about, you don't have to be pushed. And whilst last week was incredibly busy this rang true...

At the end of July Parliament went into recess, giving me and all other MPs the opportunity to spend time in the constituency without the need to travel to and...

Policing and crime is one of the issues that gets raised with me most frequently. From the speeding cars that shoot down our streets, to anti-social behaviour...