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.

I recently visited Headlands Primary School in my Northampton North constituency to speak not only to the pupils but also to the CEO of the Northampton Primary Academy Trust (NPAT) about the future of education in Northamptonshire.

Sunday 11th November 2018 marked 100 years to the day of the Armistice which ended World War I. The Armistice, signed between the Allied Powers and Germany came into force at 11.00am on 11th November 1918.

Many readers will know that I have been in contact with the Chief Executive of NCP about parking penalty tickets that have been issued to a number of residents using the Car Park at St. Peter’s Way.

Earlier in the year many of my constituents contacted me about the swimming pool at Barry Road Primary School because they were concerned that the pool would close down.

Following mounting public pressure, Uno buses have now announced they will restore the number 19 bus route, which served Kingsley Road and Boughton Green Road. The service was removed with little notice on Sunday 5th August, inconveniencing many of my constituents, especially the elderly.