Hampshire Chronicle column

December 3rd may be the first day of the rest of our lives but, for many, it will feel a lot like the day before as the Covid nightmare continues. Yes we will...

The NHS, both locally and nationally, remains my priority. I’ve written about that once or twice before in the Hampshire Chronicle and of course in my own...

This month I wrote for our main local paper about my work for the early years sector, follow-up to the Kings Worthy school bus crash and, as fall-out continues...

Winchester has a unique opportunity to become a real workplace destination but does it have the leadership and the ambition? Read Steve Brine's hard-hitting and...

‘Be honest over hospital says MP’ read the headline on last week’s Hampshire Chronicle. Let me expand on that; starting with three indisputable truths. One...

Recent unrest, here and in the US, following the death of George Floyd has shocked two nations already reeling from political turbulence and a pandemic that’s...

Work continues at pace as MPs respond to the Covid-19 outbreak and I’m doing my best, using all my experience, to signpost the very latest to constituents and...

Widespread media coverage about the “return” of Parliament this week made many MPs smile because, for most of us, it never went away. Easter recess has been the...

Three years ago, when I was first appointed UK Public Health Minister, I was taken to Porton Down; the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory for which I had...