It is quite shocking and totally unacceptable that the UK has seen an increasing amount of anti-Jewish hatred in recent years.

Tourism contributes about 10% of our GDP, is worth £67 billion a year to the nation’s finances, and supports over 1.5 million jobs in this country.

Regular readers will know that in December I announced the findings of the annual Treasure Report in line with my responsibilities as Heritage Minister – and you can read about that here: https://www.michaelellis.co.uk/ne

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

This year, Holocaust Memorial Day was on Sunday, 27th January.

In the past fortnight, I have welcomed two Northampton schools to Parliament to talk to the pupils about my role as MP for Northampton North as well as to answer any questions they had.

On Thursday, 17th January I made my first regional visit of the New Year as the Minister for Arts, Heritage and Tourism to Canterbury in Kent.

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.

2018 marked 100 years of Women’s Suffrage – a huge milestone in furthering equality in this country. As such, 2018 saw a number of events celebrating this anniversary, such as “Vote 100” which marked the milestone in Parliament.

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