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Hastings Observer Column - Friday 10th February 2023

As chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Coastal Communities, I have been steering inquiry sessions and discussions about our coastal communities, including the challenges and opportunities we have here, in Hastings and Rye.

Rye News Comment Piece - Wednesday 1st February 2023

I know that many local residents are concerned about the ‘Wild West’ of the online world, especially as regards children, so I thought I might write this month about the Government’s Online Safety Bill which is currently progressing through Parliament.

Day in the Life - Wednesday 25th January 2023

I felt rather honoured to be recently appointed by the Prime Minister to the U.K. Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) and spent last week in Strasbourg with cross party colleagues.

Holocaust Memorial Speech - 28th January 2023

The Remembrance Day event, held at the White Rock Theatre, on Saturday 28th January, was very moving and well-attended with dancers from both the Acromax Performance Group and St Richard’s Catholic College in Bexhill, as well as some beautiful and haunting singing from St Richard’s choir and the

Hastings Observer Column - Friday 27th January 2023

As I write this column, I am pondering the recent events across Hastings and Rye; households in Marsham Brook Lane, Pett Level, and businesses and households in the Priory Meadow area in Hastings were swamped by devastating floods.