On Thursday, 7th February the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Matt Hancock MP, visited Northampton General Hospital (NGH) at my invitation.

As regular readers will know, I have been very vocal in my criticism of the previous leadership at Northamptonshire County Council (NCC).

Christmas Day is for most a time to spend with family and other loved ones. As a public holiday most people get Christmas Day off work- but of course for some in essential roles like the blue-light emergency services work must continue even on that day.

In the nearly 9 years I have been an MP since 2010, and also the 3.5 years prior to that when I was the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate between 2006 and 2010, I have been to every street and corner of my Northampton North constituency many times knocking on doors on every street in Northampt

On Friday, 14th December I visited Parklands Nursery School and Playgroup to join some of the very young children and their parents for a festive Christmas sing along!

I recently joined Lieutenant Colonel John Hanson MBE and other members of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces – both full-time and reservists – at a dinner at Northampton’s Clare Street Reserve Centre to celebrate the great work of our Armed Forces generally and the 103 Battalion Royal Electrical and Mech

Small Business Saturday is a grassroots, not-for-profit campaign designed to highlight the importance of small businesses in the community as well as providing them an economic boost on the day itself - which this year fell on Saturday, 1st December.

On Saturday, 1st December I visited The Silhouette Youth Theatre at their performance hub at the Weston Favell Shopping Centre in Northampton.

On Friday, 30th November I visited the NN Contemporary Art Gallery on Guildhall Road, Northampton. As the name suggests, the Gallery displays a wide variety of contemporary art ranging from award-winning art pieces to artworks created by recent graduates.

On Friday, 16th November I met the new Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police, Nick Adderley, to discuss a number of important issues affecting residents of Northamptonshire and to look at ways we can move forward and deal with these.