Today, The Times reports on a new survey I obtained from Global Visas, showing the ongoing flow of Britons out of the country is overwhelmingly made up of middle income strivers - not bankers or employees of big multinantionals. This contrasts the steep rise in foreign benefit claimants reported in the Daily Telegraph this week here. […]
Read MoreThe government was defeated even on the much diluted House of Commons motion, which you can read here. The motion called for a humanitarian response and UN action. It made clear there would be no UK military action without another vote in the House of Commons first. I supported the government on that basis, having […]
Read MoreEvery year, Paragon housing trust organise ‘Stamp Out Boredom’, a Summer project that engages youngsters across Elmbridge in a range of activities over several weeks. The idea is to find constructive and fun things for youngsters to do, to stop them getting bored, or worse still in trouble. It also gives parents a bit of […]
Read MoreLast week, I visited Transform, a Walton-based charity that provides housing and support in Elmbridge, Runnymede and beyond to the homeless and vulnerable. Transform has been going for over 40 years - formerly known as the Surrey Community Development Trust - and helps people who have hit rock bottom, because of family issues, drug […]
Read MoreOn Saturday, despite the rain, the West End Esher Summer Show pulled off another great event. It must be demoralising for the organisers - after all that hard work - to have the heavens open up. But, it didn’t stop Donald Mungall and his brilliant team from putting on a great show. The flower competition […]
Read MoreWith border officials detaining the partner of an investigative journalist at Heathrow for nine hours, and the arrest of 25 anti-fracking protesters at Balcombe, there is renewed debate over the balance between state power and personal freedom in Britain. One of Britain’s foremost thinkers on freedom, John Stuart Mill, argued in 1859 that we should adopt the ‘harm […]
Read More Today, I visited TVision Technology, a local company based in Walton that employs 16 people servicing mid-sized businesses, by providing Microsoft Dynamics NAV software. The system allows businesses to fine tune their processes to reduce costs and improve their margins. They have a wide range of clients - from champagne sellers to caravan retailers. […]
Read MoreOne of the things that always strikes me about Elmbridge is the unique sense of civic pride and an abundant source of people willing to give up their time to help make their neighbourhood and a better place to live. When I became the local MP, I joined together with a local group of people […]
Read MoreWe have had a spate of recent good news on the economic recovery. Nationally, economic growth is at an annual rate now of 2.4%, unemployment fell again last quarter, and inflation is also back down at 2.8% (the coalition inherited CPI inflation at 3.4%). It’s also interesting to see the local impact. The latest […]
Read MoreI have written a column for City AM today on Mark Carney’s appointment as head of the Bank of England - and why his new approach to keeping interest rates low until 2016 presents economic risks, but also a political opportunity to the Conservatives. You can read it here.
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