On Friday, I had the great pleasure of visiting The Victoria – known to so many of us as The Little Vic – to present Julie, Sarah, and their fantastic team with the award for Newcastle-under-Lyme's Best Pub 2025.

Mike Wood MP, Harry Redknapp, Adam Jogee MP, Lord Craig Mackinlay Today is World Sepsis Day . I recently attended a parliamentary drop-in session hosted by the UK Sepsis Trust to mark the occasion. Sepsis is a life-threatening condition that occurs when the body’s response to an infection spirals out of control. It’s sometimes known as the ‘silent killer’ because its early symptoms can be easily missed – yet it claims around 48,000 lives every year in the UK. The drop-in wa

Questions to the Leader of the House (11 September 2025) Thousands of women across the United Kingdom were coerced into giving up their babies for adoption between the 1940s and 1970s. I called on the government to preserve adoption records so families can be reunited, and to issue a long-overdue formal apology to the women and families whose lives were devastated by these practices. Anyone in Newcastle-under-Lyme affected by historic forced adoptions can contact my office at

At Prime Minister’s Questions earlier today, I raised the issue of persistent anti-social behaviour in Crackley, Bradwell and across Newcastle-under-Lyme. This Labour government is recruiting 13,000 extra neighbourhood police officers to take back our streets and keep our communities safe. I asked the Prime Minister to join me in pressing Staffordshire’s Conservative Police and Crime Commissioner, to make sure these extra resources are used effectively, to support our local p

In House of Commons Business Questions (4 September 2025) I raised the fantastic local RAF Association in Parliament as it celebrates its 50th anniversary. I have also written and Early Day motion, which you can view here .

Over the last few weeks, many residents in Madeley have been in touch with me about Lightspeed Broadband’s plans to put up telegraph poles in the area. Residents told me they were frustrated not just by the impact the poles would have on their streets, but by the way the proposals were being handled — being done to the community rather than with it. That was not acceptable. I took those concerns directly to the company’s leadership and pressed them to listen to the people o