Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon Wednesday, 24 February, 2021 It was pointed out last week that the Welsh Government has provided some much-needed extra money to every one of the 22 local authorities in Wales. While Labour councillors are keen to take the credit for this, I must respectfully mention the money came from the £5bn of extra funding given to the Senedd by the UK Government. Doubtless most people won’t care and will simply be pleased extra money... Opinions
Cross-border vaccine blockage "ludicrous" 19th January 2021 Care home residents in England who are registered with GP surgeries on the Welsh side of the border are being denied access to the coronavirus vaccine by Public... Local News
Praise for Monmouthshire vaccine roll-out team 17th January 2021 Nearly all GP practices in Monmouthshire are expected to have received supplies of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine by Wednesday (20 January), an MP has said. The... Local News
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 14th January 2021 It is perfectly understandable that people are becoming impatient to have their freedom back after nearly a year of restrictions. Many of the emails I receive... Opinions
Dedicated website for Severn bridges 11th January 2021 Highways England has introduced a dedicated website to help people plan their journeys when using the M48 Severn Bridge or M4 Prince of Wales Bridge. I am told... Local News
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 8th January 2021 Blood-curdling warnings about what would happen when we fully left the EU seemed to fill the newspapers every day for the last few years. I saw headlines... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 31st December 2020 A deal is done! For the last four years, we have been endlessly told by experts, politicians, pressure groups and by Brussels itself that the EU would never... Opinions
Christmas message 2020 24th December 2020 2020 has surely been one of the most challenging years faced by the country for many decades. In Monmouthshire, it began with some of the worst flooding in... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 16th December 2020 Will Britain leave the transition period with a free trade deal similar to the one made with Canada? Or will we be trading with the EU on the terms set by the... Opinions
Your MP Writes for the Abergavenny Chronicle and Monmouthshire Beacon 10th December 2020 The 17-day firebreak lockdown in Wales was supposed to bring Covid under control, leaving us free to enjoy Christmas. At the time, Welsh Government ministers... Opinions
