In an interview on BBC Radio Northampton last month, and as mentioned in the previous edition of this E-Newsletter, I wrote to the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, regarding Northampton General Hospital’s decision to charge volunteers to park in their car park whilst coming in to vo

In my capacity as the Member of Parliament for Northampton North, I receive many emails and letters from constituents who want help with such things as fly-tipping in their area or with litter in the street where they live.

I was pleased to be invited to attend Northampton Partnership Homes (NPH) first ever gardening competition, which took place at Bouverie house in Hardingstone, Northampton on Tuesday 8th August.

The independent body which monitors MP’s expenses (IPSA) releases the annual summary of expense accounts of each Member of Parliament on an annual basis, usually at around this time of year.

The ‘Friends of Northampton General Hospital’ is a charity which has provided volunteers and equipment to Northampton General Hospital for nearly thirty years.

I was pleased to be invited to re-launch the branch of the Age UK shop in St Giles’s Street, Northampton. This branch first opened 25 years ago as Age Concern, and Age UK Northamptonshire held an event to celebrate 25 years of trading at that location.

Some people say that politicians are only interested in hearing views of residents when elections are pending!

As the representative of all residents of Northampton North I regularly intervene to try to help my constituents.

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Northampton, Professor Nick Petford, kindly invited me to have a look around the building site of their new Waterside Campus recently.

I was pleased to be invited again to support the Waitrose in Kingsthorpe “Big Sell” event as part of Waitrose’s grow and sell scheme.