Last month I invited The Secretary of State for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs, Michael Gove MP, to visit the constituency and to see the pioneering work being done in the agriculture and agri-tech sectors in our region

The piloting of a new government website to help schools advertise for, and recruit the teachers they need, is now up and running in Cambridgeshire and the North East. Following the pilot, it is hoped that the website will be launched nationally. 

We recently marked the centenary of the Representation of the People Act 1918 which entitled some women to vote for the first time. And last month we celebrated the 106th annual International Women’s Day themed ‘press for change’.

At a recent business event, I was asked a question that regularly comes up - what support there is locally to help grow a business.

It has been said that if you don’t know where you are going, you will never get there.

Last week we marked 100 years since some women (those over 30 and with certain property qualifications) won the right to vote.

A year ago, in January 2017, East Cambridgeshire and Fenland was announced as a designated ‘Opportunity Area’. This meant, that after much campaigning by myself and fellow MP Steve Barclay our area was rightly recognised as an area particularly challenged when it comes to social mobility and cons

It is no big news that January can be a difficult month.

Saturday December 2 was ‘Small Business Saturday’, a wonderful opportunity to celebrate and raise the profile of the great offerings in our independent shops.

Last month’s Autumn Budget brought more money for the NHS, reduced stamp duty for young people and the continuation of the freeze on fuel duty.