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COVID-19 has further exposed the health inequalities experienced by those in 'left behind' communities, and Paul Howell writes that long-term, consistent...

This morning I joined fellow MPs, local politicians and business leaders at multiple locations along the Leamside Line to make the case for its reopening. The...

𝗚𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗨𝗞 𝘛𝘰𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘱 𝘚𝘦𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘔𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘦𝘭 𝘎𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘶𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘪𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵’𝘴 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘓𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘜𝘱...

As anticipation builds ahead of the release of the government’s Levelling Up White Paper, it’s worth turning our attention to a piece of parliamentary business...

Well, last week didn’t go quite as planned, and that’s before all the political fallout from events in No 10! Last Wednesday I tested positive for coronavirus...

If there is one New Year’s resolution that the Conservative government should keep to, it’s to make progress on its nascent levelling-up agenda. In his first...

As the first Conservative MP for Sedgefield since 1931, I was elected in 2019 with a mandate to build prosperity and level up every part of the country. To date...

Today, alongside Sharon Hodgson MP, I have written to the new Rail Minister to outline reasons for reopening of the Leamside line #leamsideline

This week I was proud to commend the businesses of Sedgefield— both great and small— for their fortitude and grit over the course of the pandemic. Businesses...