Newspaper Column 17th March 2023 17th March 2023 Wednesday’s Budget was a sensible, boring one that fitted the difficult financial circumstances we are still in. It was reassuring to hear the UK is now... Articles
The Leader Times Series May 29th 2020 29th May 2020 In addition to replying to lots of emails today I will be spending much of the day on duty volunteering as a Community First Responder with the North West... Articles
The Leader Times Series May 22nd 2020 22nd May 2020 The announcement of substantial job losses from Rolls Royce is deeply troubling news for many local families. Although we do not yet know the impact this global... Articles
The Leader Times Series May 15th 2020 15th May 2020 Having seen the rate of spread of coronavirus slow due to social distancing, the Prime Minister was able to announce on Sunday that we can begin to look to... Articles
The Leader Times Series May 8th 2020 8th May 2020 This week marks ten years since I was first elected to represent Pendle as our MP. It was, and remains, the greatest privilege to have been elected to serve our... Articles
The Leader Times Series May 1st 2020 1st May 2020 For the first time in weeks, the nation has been able to enjoy some relatively good news and contemplate things beginning to get better rather than worse. As... Articles
The Leader Times Series April 24th 2020 24th April 2020 It was very interesting to see the new arrangements made due to Covid-19 but I didn’t travel back to the House of Commons this week when Parliament resumed. I’m... Articles
The Leader Times Series April 17th 2020 17th April 2020 Work continues at pace to help those most badly affected by the outbreak of coronavirus. We will all be deeply affected by this, one way or another. However... Articles
The Leader Times Series April 10th 2020 10th April 2020 This week, Prime Minister Boris Johnson was hospitalised in his own, personal battle against coronavirus. At the time of writing, there were encouraging signs... Articles