I welcome the emphasis in the King’s Speech on improving the life chances of young people through the provision of academic and technical education, which is key to securing high and sustained economic growth in every part of the country, including beautiful Hastings and Rye.
Last Friday, Sally-Ann Hart, MP for Hastings and Rye and Huw Merriman, MP for the Bexhill and Battle, co-hosted a roundtable for 40 local farmers and land agents with the Rural Payments Agency (RPA), Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and the Forestry Commission at Staplec
Operating costs of swimming pools and leisure facilities, alongside general inflationary pressure, have increased considerably over recent months, placing swimming pools and leisure facilities at risk of closure or significant service reduction.
Last Saturday, I saw yet again the destruction in Hastings town centre caused by flooding, and witnessed the emotional and financial devastation the flooding has caused to residents and businesses when for most, things have only just returned to normal following the floods on 16th January this ye
Two good things have happened for Rye in the last month; firstly, the town hosted the 70th National Town Criers Championship and secondly, we are keeping our railway station ticket office.
Following the public consultation process and meetings with accessibility groups and passenger bodies, this morning (31st) the Transport Secretary Mark Harper said the Government has asked train operators to withdraw their proposals because they did not meet high passenger standards.
A few weeks ago, I called a meeting between Hastings Borough Council, East Sussex County Council, Sussex Police, and a representative of Hastings town centre businesses, to discuss the increase in shoplifting, anti-social behaviour (ASB) and abuse of retail and hospitality staff in the town centr
On the 18th of October, Sally-Ann Hart MP for Hastings and Rye attended a walk-in session for Members of Parliament on live animal exports, hosted by the Rt Hon George Eustice MP and organised by some of the UK’s biggest animal welfare groups, supporting their call for Bills to ban live exports f
