Farewell Thursday, 30 May, 2024 With a General Election now called and Parliament dissolved, I am no longer the Member of Parliament for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle and this will be my last column in this paper. The baton now passes to the various candidates who will fight it out over the next five weeks for the right to have the honour of representing this amazing part of West Cornwall. In my time as an MP, most of the schools... Articles
St Piran’s Day 9th March 2023 Last weekend, there were celebrations in towns across Cornwall to mark St Piran’s Day. Over the past few years, we have seen a growing interest in Cornwall’s... Articles
Making Brexit Work 28th February 2023 This week the long-running saga of the Northern Ireland Protocol, which was the last piece of the jigsaw in the even longer-running saga of Brexit finally... Articles
Ukraine Update and President Zelenskyy in the UK 16th February 2023 Last week, President Zelenskyy, the leader of Ukraine, visited the UK and addressed Parliament. He also met both the King and the Prime Minister. Next week will... Articles
Earthquake in Turkey and Syria 9th February 2023 This week there have been harrowing images emerging from Turkey and Syria following the biggest earthquake in the region since 1939. There were two earthquakes... Articles
Ambulances 2nd February 2023 This week the Government published a package of interventions to help the NHS deal with new pressures on urgent and emergency care services. Given the scale of... Articles
New Pastures 26th January 2023 By the time of the next election, I would have worked in politics for twenty-five years, including fifteen years as the Member of Parliament for Camborne... Articles
The Online Safety Bill 19th January 2023 This week the Government’s Online Safety Bill came back before the House of Commons. This was originally meant to happen before Christmas, but the decision was... Articles
HVO: An Alternative to Kerosene? 12th January 2023 We have always been good at pioneering new ideas and new technology in this part of Cornwall and the village of Kehelland has been the latest with a fascinating... Articles
Winter Pressures on the NHS and New Year Honours 5th January 2023 This week the Prime Minister set out a speech on the NHS as it enters a difficult period of winter pressures. Rishi Sunak’s father was a GP, and his mother ran... Local News
