Today we had a virtual Zoom meeting of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Fire Safety.

I am proud to be a member of this cross party group of MP’s and members from the House of Lords.

Ahead of Armed Forces Day on Saturday 27th June 2020, it was a pleasure to join former service men and women, who are now MP’s for the

Conservatives Party.

Every war memorial in every village, every town and every city across our country is sacred and serves to remind us of the immeasurable gratitude that we must afford to our armed forces, both past and present.

It was a pleasure to sit in and intervene in the debate this afternoon, hosted by my friend and MP for Stoke-on-Trent South, Jack Brereton MP,  on the standards of education in Stoke-on-Trent.

I was delighted to hear earlier this week that my application for the UK Finance Access to Cash Pilot has been accepted and Burslem is one of the few areas that has been chosen.

I have been going out and about across Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, handing out ‘Our Unsung Heroes’ certificates to those nominated you nominated.

A huge £1 billion catch up fund has been put together to target tutoring at two million of the most “left behind kids" and for schools to use it in the way they see fit to support students with the impact of coronavirus.

It was a huge honour to once again mention the name of Chatterley Whitfield Colliery once again in the House of Commons.

On 12th May, Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, Jonathan Gullis sent an application to UK Finance, in the hopes Stoke-on-Trent could be part of their Access to Cash Pilot.

Yesterday I was able to thank the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, Michael Gove,  for standing by the overwhelming majority of residents in Stoke-on-Trent North, Kidsgrove and Talke, by not extending the transition period, confirming we are leaving the EU, deal or no deal, on the 31st Decemb