Wellbeing Starts at Home In October 2018 I was invited to the World Health Organisation's International Healthy Cities Conference from 1-4 October in Belfast where I showcased the...
Delivering the highest animal welfare standards in the world As an animal lover I am so proud to live in a country with one of the highest animal welfare standards in the world. I am also so proud to be a Conservatives...
More access to technical skills will keep our economy growing 2 September 2023 Recently revised economic figures show the British economy is now 0.6% bigger than pre-Covid, and is not an outlier in terms of pandemic growth...
‘Unleashing Rural Opportunity’ and revving up our rural economy 12 July 2023 It's good to see the Government's new report: ‘Unleashing Rural Opportunity’ which sets out plans to boost rural communities by improving planning...
Johnson has secured the Conservatives’ right flank – now we need to secure our left one 11 February 2022 The Southend West by-election result does not tell us very much except that UKIP is no longer much of a threat to the Conservatives. They not...
The Conservative Government making flexible working the default 27 September 2021 The 2019 Conservative Party Manifesto committed the Party to: " encouraging flexible working and consulting on making it the default unless...
We need to shift away from care homes towards retirement villages 19 May 2020 There has recently been a lot of speculation on what a post COVID-19 world will look like, with an extra light being shone on care homes. Clearly...
Sevenoaks District Council: using housing to improve health Sevenoaks District Council has recognised the importance of housing to health, creating a new cabinet portfolio role to champion the agenda, which in turn has...
Councils need the freedom to build balanced communities 18 October 2018 The current housing crisis and critical need for more affordable homes across the country is focusing everyone’s minds about how to achieve more...
Districts can offer green paper a focus on prevention 25 May 2018 If the Environment Agency were faced with a problem at the mouth of a river, they would not seek to solve that problem by focussing all their...
‘Councils must re-connect with their ill health prevention roots’ 26 February 2018 Local government up and down the country is working with clinical commissioning groups and GP surgeries to deal with the non-medical causes of...
Will the new look cabinet promote prevention? 20 February 2018 It is great to see the two big headline changes in the Prime Minister’s reshuffle. Closer collaboration between health and social care can only...
