Tonight, Wednesday 9th December, Conservative MPs, Simon Clarke, Peter Gibson, Paul Howell, Matt Vickers and Jacob Young met with Matt Hancock, Secretary of State for Health, ahead of his decision next week on the tier review.
Peter Gibson MP and Temporary Chief Inspector for Darlington, Chris Knox have joined charity regulators and Action Fraud to help people in Darlington ensure they give to genuine registered charities this Christmas.
Darlington is a historic Market Town, home to just over 100,000 people. The Railways transformed the town and made it what it is today. We are home to George Stephenson's Locomotion No 1 which pulled the first passenger train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Today (12 September) marks the completion of nine months since the historic election night of December when I, along with a whole swathe of new enthusiastic conservative MPs were elected.
Six months into a new job, it would be usual to have a review of progress. Back in December, I could never have imagined what lay ahead. Life has changed beyond all recognition,
Digital exclusion was a serious issue before the pandemic, affecting people who were at greater risk of social exclusion too. The coronavirus crisis has raised the stakes significantly.