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I entirely understand that many people are frustrated that over half a year since full lockdown we have heard much of that word again, at a time when many are...

In a matter of days something should be happening that has occurred at around this time of every year of my life, and probably every year of most readers’...

Until the Coronavirus lockdown I had spent my entire five years as an MP talking about unemployment going in one direction: down. The phrase ‘record employment’...

Regular testing for NHS staff NHS staff, care workers and other medical professionals are on the frontline in the fight against coronavirus, and I have nothing...

It seems like only yesterday that I was writing in this column about the need to ‘stay at home’ at the height of the pandemic. That was around Easter, as...

I have received a number of emails from constituents regarding both the killing of George Floyd, and the subsequent ‘Black Lives Matter’ demonstrations. First...

Earlier this week I issued a statement in relation to the recent reports surrounding the Prime Minister’s senior adviser, Dominic Cummings. I have now updated...

I appreciate that some readers may have been confused when the Prime Minister recently made his Sunday broadcast switching our principal instructive slogan from...

On Tuesday I received an email of historic proportions from the Speaker of the House of Commons, informing me that we were likely to meet as a ‘virtual...