Young Brits warned over danger of modern slavery abroad
Thousands of young people from the UK, travelling to popular holiday destinations including Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca to work in bars and clubs, have been have been given advice on…
Deal students have a blast at Parliament visit with MP Natalie
Warden House Primary School students had a blast in Parliament last week, where they met Deal MP Natalie Elphicke and learned about the workings of democracy. The students were amazed…
Wildlife charities urge Gove to save wildlife site from Theme Park threat
Photo: Richard Bayfield A coalition of wildlife charities has written to Government Minister Michael Gove, asking him to revoke a planning designation that puts a nationally important wildlife site in…
Council Leader bids to break Ashford housing deadlock with 10 Downing Street visit
Cllr Noel Ovenden visits No10 Downing Street Photo:ABC Ashford Borough Council Leader, Cllr Noel Ovenden, visited 10 Downing Street this week (Monday 17 July) to meet with the Prime Minister’s…
Dover MP calls for law change giving older workers equal pay and conditions
Natalie Elphicke MP with Marsha and Stephen Horne outside the Commons The Dover & Deal MP, Natalie Elphicke yesterday brought in a new Bill to Parliament to tackle age discrimination…
Thousands of Kent residents eligible for £100 home energy voucher – Don’t miss out!
Thousands of people in Kent will be eligible for a scheme to receive a £100 home energy voucher now the criteria have been updated. Residents have until the end of…
£205,000 funding for ‘Changing Places’ toilets in Littlestone and Folkestone
Folkestone & Hythe District Council has secured £205,000 of government funding to bring three new Changing Places toilets to the district. Facilities will be installed in the Lower Leas Coastal…
Lives at risk from watered down seatbelt law
On the fortieth anniversary of mandatory seatbelt usage, a leading accident prevention charity has issued a rally cry to Government to save seatbelt laws from being lost or watered down…
‘Government’s feet held to fire’ after challenges faced by Kent farming and rural businesses
With the summer months topping 40C and field fires breaking out with alarming regularity, the heat was certainly on farming and rural businesses in 2022. But it was not the…
Folkestone and Hythe MP commenting on migrant boat tragedy
Constituency matters… a weekly column by the Member of Parliament for Folkestone and Hythe, Damian Collins 14 December 2022 On Wednesday this week we received the tragic news of deaths…