18th October
This week at Westminster has been dominated by the Spending Review announcements. But I am writing this article on Monday morning, before all the news...
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12th December 2010
I arrived back in our area late on Thursday night last week, and on Friday morning I was up early to visit the Royal Mail sorting office in Crewkerne...
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I returned home from London by car last week, through a landscape covered in deep snow, and a journey which normally takes me three hours this...
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Winter seems to have arrived in earnest, and Christmas suddenly feels very close to hand. Indeed, later on this week I will start my programme...
Read this entry » 15th November 2010
Last weekend I held two local Advice Centres on Saturday, one in Ilminster and one in Crewkerne. Both were very busy. On Sunday morning I travelled...
Read this entry » 8th November 2010
Last week was a busy one in Westminster, but I was pleased to be able to welcome a group of students from Yeovil College who came up on Monday...
Read this entry » 1st Novermber 2010
Parliament would normally now be preparing for its new year, and awaiting the Queen’s Speech, with its programme of legislation...
Read this entry » 25th October 2010
Last week at Westminster was dominated by the Spending Review, which sets out government spending plans from 2011 to 2015. Amongst some...
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14th October 2010.
Parliament is back, and now sits until 21st December. Last week, I took advantage of our recess to make a number of local visits. I spent quite a while...
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Parliament returns on Monday, but I have been able to spend the last two weeks in our area, and have held four Advice Centres – including the first in Ilchester...
Read this entry »30th September 2010.
Parliament is now back in recess until Monday 11th October. During that period of time the three main political parties will hold their annual Conferences. But...
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Parliament is now back in recess until Monday 11th October. During that period of time the three main political parties will hold their annual Conferences. But...
Read this entry »16th September 2010
On Saturday I made my first visit of the season to Huish Park, to see Yeovil Town play Tranmere. It was a warm, mid-Autumn day, and very different from having...
Read this entry »9th September
Last week I held three local Advice Centres in order to make sure that we were on top of all the existing work before Parliament returned this week, after its summer...
Read this entry »26th August 2010
Britain’s pensioners have been entitled to feel pretty fed up in recent years. Remember Gordon Brown’s measly 75p increase in the basic pension a few...
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