Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 30th November 2022 Many thanks to Monmouth Rotary and Friends of the Lower River Wye, especially Mike Dunsbee and Nick Day for organising an excellent meeting on Friday to discuss... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 24th November 2022 Every government faces the problem that there are only two ways to raise money for spending on public services. The first is to borrow and the second is to... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 19th November 2022 Routine breast screening programmes were suspended in March 2020 to reduce the spread of Covid-19 and free up resources for the NHS. Mobile units were re... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 10th November 2022 Ever since I was elected in 1999, I – like many hundreds of others – have always attended the Usk remembrance parade and service. Usually held in the afternoon... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 4th November 2022 I have been in Welsh politics for a long time now, serving as the Welsh Assembly Member for Monmouth from 1999 until 2007 and the constituency’s Member of... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 27th October 2022 Last week will not go down as one of the finest in the history of the Conservative Party. Liz Truss took over with the aim of borrowing enough money to... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 21st October 2022 I am sorry the current financial situation is being made worse by a sense that things are not running smoothly in Westminster. The UK Government faces a set of... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 14th October 2022 Disappointing news in Monmouth after a Welsh Labour Government planning inspector overruled Monmouthshire County Council and gave the go ahead for a... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 7th October 2022 I wrote in last week’s column about the mini-budget, which the new UK Government has produced. The main part of this budget was to put a guarantee on the energy... Opinions