Opinions

My first column of 2024 contains an A-Z of the last 12 months, and what this year is set to bring too! A is for Action and taking up issues on behalf of...

It was just two weeks ago that we passed four years since the 2019 General Election, and what a four years it has been. None of us could have predicted some of...

It’s got to that time of year again. The Christmas lights are up, the days feel much shorter, Christmas parties are taking place, and children are getting more...

As many of you will have seen, the big news item this week from Parliament has been the legislation brought forward to curb illegal immigration. I’ve been clear...

It would be no understatement to say that whenever I’m out, whether that’s knocking on doors or holding one of my open surgeries, the issue of immigration is...

Who isn’t proud to be from Lancashire? We powered the industrial revolution - established football as a major game - invented the jet engine - have some amazing...

This week the Chancellor announced the Autumn Statement. Always a big moment in the political calendar, this covered some major areas. And it followed my speech...

There’s lots that I could cover in this column. A Cabinet Reshuffle, inflation dropping to 4.6%, the Supreme Court decision, emergency legislation on...

In a historic moment this week King Charles III set out the Government's agenda for the next Parliamentary session in the first King’s Speech in 70 years. It...