Labour's farm tax raid is a stupid policy, farmers deserve our support Wednesday, 20 November, 2024 This week saw the first of what I suspect will be many marches against this new Labour government. Thousands of farmers descended on Whitehall to protest at their businesses being taxed as inheritance, including many from Wyre Forest. The issue is that family farms have long been recognised as small businesses, so have avoided inheritance tax. But successful entrepreneurs, eager to pass on as much... Local News
What Trump's victory means for the UK 13th November 2024 So, we have a new president in America. And by a clear margin. President Elect Trump’s victory was substantial, but he wields more power than a normal president... Local News
Lea Castle Quarry - 2nd Planning Appeal Inquiry 5th November 2024 Today at Stourport Manor, the Planning Inspectorate held a further Inquiry into the Planning Appeal for the Lea Castle Farm Quarry. Mark attended the Inquiry... Local News
Very few people are happy with Labour's Budget 4th November 2024 It is amazing how fast budgets unwind. The last time it was this spectacular, Liz Truss sacked her chancellor within days, and then we sacked her shortly after... Local News
First takeaways from the Budget, not a great start from new government 30th October 2024 The speculation is over. The budget is out. We can move from analysing guesses, to analysing facts. The coming days will present deep analysis and individuals... Local News
Truly astonishing the lack of protection for victims of rogue builders 22nd October 2024 From time to time, we see news reports of rogue builders. They vary from stories of shoddy work, through to builders demolishing building works over disputed... Local News
Mark presents the first reading of his new Private Members Bill 21st October 2024 New Parliament, provides a new opportunity to reintroduce my Private Member's Bill to protect consumers from rogue builders - It’s time we removed the risk to... Speeches in Parliament
Having a Cabinet that has no experience of how businesses work is incredibly worrying 16th October 2024 I love statistics. Always have done. I know people don’t trust them, but they give a good idea of what is going on. For example, here in Wyre Forest, we 4,155... Local News
Not been a good start for the new government, let’s hope things pick up 30th September 2024 Party conference season is well under way and this week the Labour Party held their first conference as the governing party for 15 years. They, as would be... Local News
Surely the new government can do better than scrapping a process only to replace it with a similar one? 17th September 2024 One of the biggest topics on the doorstep at the general election was immigration. Whilst people, in the main, accept that some immigration is good – care and... Local News
