Hats off to the dynamic Carmen Robinson and Margaret Pick, who organise Oxshott Village Day. They raised £500 for the worthy local cause of St Andrews Pre-School. I joined them last week to present the cheque to Emma Gadbury, the pre-school manager (pictured below on the far right), and a lot of very grateful children! […]
Read MoreI was invited to be interviewed on BBC’s Hardtalk show this week, which addressed the economy, cuts, Europe, coalition and the Conservative Party. You can watch the interview here.
Read MoreThe Economist has a good article this week, here, on the looming decision on extradition reform. Parliament will have opportunities to address both the US arrangements and the European Arrest Warrant this winter. I see it as important that we insert a few modest safeguards to protect innocent citizens from effectively being hung out to […]
Read MoreI hosted the first in my next series of local town hall meetings last night at Thames Ditton Junior School. We had a great turnout and a lively discussion, so this is just a reminder of the forthcoming meetings: Friday 21 September – RES (Rydens), Hersham Road, Walton on Thames, KT12 5PY Tuesday 25 September […]
Read MoreI have previously made the case - debating in Parliament and writing for The Times - that we need reform to prevent a militant minority of union bosses from abusing their strike powers, which damage the economy and disrupt the hard-working majority. We recently saw Mark Serwotka’s PCS Union threaten to disrupt the Olympics with just 11% of […]
Read MoreI have written an article addressing this question for today’s London Evening Standard. You can read it here.
Read MoreI am starting a new initiative of letting local constituents from all walks of life interview me for a short podcast. I plan to do one every couple of months - with local businessmen, students, people working in the charitable sector and anyone else who is interested in putting their MP through his paces. The […]
Read MoreEconomic forecasters now question whether Britain is on target to meet the coalition’s target to see national government debt falling by the end of this Parliament. Should we abandon it, or redouble our efforts? I have written a piece for City AM this morning, making the case for sticking to a key pledge. You can […]
Read MoreWe are approaching my next series of local public meetings. As before, they are aimed at giving anyone - regardless of political views - an opportunity to hear direct from me on local and national issues, and ask questions or raise matters of concern. The upcoming meetings are: • Wednesday 19 September – Thames Ditton […]
Read MoreThis week, the Daily Telegraph is running a series of articles based on the key chapters in a new book, Britannia Unchained, written by myself and four colleagues: Priti Patel, Kwasi Kwarteng, Liz Truss and Chris Skidmore. It addresses key long-term and ‘big picture’ issues facing the country at a time of increasingly intense global […]
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