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One of the many things I enjoy about my job is the wide range of events, organisations, businesses and Parliamentary duties I attend and undertake. These past...

The Queen's Speech took place earlier this month. The Government has accomplished a lot since the 2010 general election however, we must now look ahead and...

Last Thursday was polling day for the local elections. I have been asked on numerous occasions what I do on election day so I thought I would dedicate this...

Ordinarily my column is focused around what I have been doing since the last column, either activity in Parliament or in Southend. However, over the last couple...

Since George Osborne presented the budget to Parliament, one of the issues that has been raised is the impact that the budget will have on pensioners. I have...

Budget Special

What a fantastic week this has been for Southend. Southend-on-Sea Borough Council has been judged the best council in Britain and was awarded Council of the...

Since I was first elected in 2005 I have corresponded with over 16,500 constituents on a wide range of topics such as housing and healthcare to national...

Well, I think it is fair to say that Southend has been the place to be recently for Ministerial visits. In the last two weeks we have had three Government...