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Two years ago, I was writing of the near complete shutdown of Cornwall to counter the spread of coronavirus.

Today the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill was introduced to Parliament.

This bill is a great opportunity for resolving the housing crisis in Cornwall, and I spoke in the debate pushing for it to support housing that is

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When the BBC removed the free TV license for most pensioners the corporation pledge to run a campaign to promote the take-up of Pension Credit which, at the time I thought was a curious thing for a broadcaster to do.

My interest in the environment, food and rural affairs is ingrained. I suggest this would be true for most of us. You can’t grow up in West Cornwall and not feel an intrinsic connection to these critical issues.

Derek Thomas has co-hosted another Climate Focus event, with Cllr Jonathan How and Pippa Stilwell, for the many constituents who are concerned about the effects of Climate Change and protecting the environment.  This week’s session asked some difficult questions about the part mining – both for m

Parents naturally do what they can to protect their children from harm but find it difficult to get reliable information. This is certainly my experience.

Derek has spoken out about the cost of living in the debate on the Queen’s Speech. 

Last week I joined representatives of Penzance Dry Dock and Newlyn Harbour with Government Officials from Zanzibar who formed part of a trade delegation to the UK.

As I returned to Cornwall on Thursday the media was reporting that the male MP caught watching pornography in the Chamber was a Conservative Backbench MP.

Derek Thomas MP has welcomed the Building Research Establishment’s decision to overhaul energy performance certificates (EPCs) for housing.  Measuring energy performance is essential to reducing bills and carbon emissions, but the current methodology is flawed.