Billingshurst Community Day is always really inspiring - there is always so much going on in the village. Among many community groups were the Women’s Hall advertising their (free!) Children’s Bunny Hunt on Easter Monday, the WI, Lions, Men’s Shed and also the Scouts.
I appeared on Newsnight this week who are picking up the really important issue of how ready our armed forces are to meet the most difficult threats: including the worst case scenario of a wider war in Europe.
Parliament has an incredibly important job to hold Government to account for the big calls that need to be made in the national interest. The most important of these is making certain that we stay safe and well defended, deterring aggressors from attacking our allies and our interests.
Back home at 1am from the Newsnight studios being quizzed about defence and an early start this morning at 8am with Dan Lodge at Collyer's. Collyer’s continues to grow in popularity and continues to expand to meet demand.
This week is Debt Awareness Week and I appreciate it can be hard to know where to turn when one finds themselves, a family member or a friend struggling with debt.
Last month the Defence Committee published its report ‘Ready for War?’ highlighting concerns about our preparedness for the worse-case scenario of a peer-on-peer conflict.
With local campaigner Andrew Turner after leading yesterday’s parliamentary debate on disabled young people’s access to their Child Trust Funds. Good to have the debate in which I paid tribute to Andrew.
Some very good news today on inflation running at less than a third of what it was at its peak and forecast to return to the Bank of England’s two per cent target within months.
