My Three Priorities for Dover & Deal:

Change is never easy. Yet it can often be necessary. Change certainly hasn’t been easy for me over the past week. In a tribal political world, I know I have caused a lot of surprise on all sides by my decision to move to the

In 1982, The Sir Galahad, a Round Table class troop landing ship, was sent with troops to the Falklands during the Falklands War with Argentina. On 8th June, the ship was preparing to unload soldiers from the Welsh Guards, when it and its sister ship

Delivering the best possible healthcare for Dover & Deal matters to us all. It’s so important to have key services in our communities and to avoid long, costly journeys elsewhere.  That’s why Buckland Hospital and its diagnostics centre matter so much. In its first year,

The wars in Ukraine and the Middle East can seem very far away. So too does the tension between China and Taiwan. Particularly when we have so many challenges at home. However, global security matters to our national security – that’s why all three flashpoints

Last Thursday I could be spotted high up on the roof scaffolding around Maison Dieu, the grade one listed heritage town hall building in Dover’s High Street. I had been invited to see the restoration works which are currently underway as part of a restoration

Keeping our neighbourhoods safe and secure matters to us all. That’s why I am regularly in contact with Matthew Scott, the Police and Crime Commissioner for Kent and our local district commander DCI Keith Taylor to raise concerns on behalf of our community.  At the

Dame Vera Lynn CH will always have a place in the hearts of our White Cliffs country. She was a truly Great Briton and made an enormous contribution to our country’s morale in the Second World War. After the war, Dame Vera worked tirelessly in