The last time I saw my grandmother was via a Zoom link before a few weeks later I gave the eulogy at her funeral.
Whatever the outcome of Sue Gray’s investigation, we must draw a line under the questions being faced by the Government.
Our columnist provides the second piece in our series this week about Brexit – almost a year since the end of transition.
I won’t stand for my constituents being taken for fools or treat like second rate citizens.
The Health and Social Care Bill contains some important measures that you won’t see splashed broadly across the mainstream media.
Being in local schools during recess has brought home just how important levelling up is on the doorstep in my North West Durham constituency.
Essentially, the Solvency 2 regulations make it difficult for our pensions and insurance firms to invest in long-term, secure, fixed assets in the UK.
A basic rule of thumb comes to mind and seems universally accepted: you should be able to keep at least half of every extra pound you earn.
Three issues concern me ahead of the next election: the post-pandemic jobs recovery, NHS waiting lists, and getting a handle on illegal migration.
To build back better, we need to reassure voters that we are the party which can deliver good, high-paid jobs and training.
Remote working has its place, but something vital to us all is lost, especially for younger people, if we lose the opportunity to mix, socialise and learn.
Commentators in big cities missed the point of a Prime Ministerial speech aimed at smaller ones, towns, counties and the countryside.
Now the Coronavirus restrictions are lifting, it is time to focus on delivering what people voted for us to do, and double down on levelling up
The Government’s planning proposals haven’t even gone out to consultation yet – and everyone knows that the current system’s broken.
And we chat to the young waiter, the question I’m asking is: “why wait until young people are 22 for auto-enrolment to begin?”