My Personally Speaking column in The Sentinel (12 February 2026) Last week, I brought my first Bill to Parliament. It was prompted by something straightforward: if we’re aiming to build 1.5 million more homes, and working to build our future – from schools to hospitals and everything in-between, we should be doing that in a way that backs British workers and British industry. That matters in Newcastle-under-Lyme and across North Staffordshire, where skilled labour like brickm