As the MP for Northampton North it is a great pleasure to support all businesses in my constituency.

Before I was first elected to Parliament as the MP for Northampton North in 2010 I worked for some 17 years in the criminal justice system in Northampton dealing almost exclusively with legally-aided criminal cases.

A General Election has now been called for Thursday 12th December to try and break the deadlock in Parliament and get Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s freshly-negotiated Deal across the line.

I was born and brought up in Northampton, and have lived and worked here my whole life. It is with immense pride that I have served the constituents of Northampton North for the past nine and a half years, since May 2010.

I have always treated taxpayer money with as much care as if it were my own and I have only ever claimed for Parliamentary expenses that are absolutely vital to my functions as an MP in assisting the constituents of Northampton North.

I have been hugely honoured in the last two weeks to be told that I have been appointed to Her Majesty’s Privy Council.

Anyone who has visited Westminster in recent years will have seen the scaffolding surrounding Big Ben, the clock tower at the Houses of Parliament.

Occasionally receptions are held at No11 Downing Street to discuss HM Treasury priorities. On Monday, 14th October I was invited to bring a guest and was pleased to invite Mr Jabeer Miah JP, a community leader and local Northampton solicitor.

Following the Conservative Government’s announcement that there will be government investment of at least an additional £33.9 billion for the NHS by 2023-24 – including an extra £6.2 billion this year - my team and I have been out in Northampton delivering NHS surveys to hear constituents’ though

One of my powers as the Solicitor General for England and Wales is to challenge sentences passed down by Crown Court Judges if I believe them to be ‘unduly lenient’.