Main Picture: Michael Weedon Federation of Small Businesses, Andrew Lewer MP, and Mark Mullen, Northampton Business Improvement District Manager

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

On what has been dubbed as ‘Super Saturday,’ MPs sat in the House of Commons for only the fifth time since the Second World War. Saturday sittings have only ever been called in times of emergencies, such as the Suez Crisis of 1956 or the Falkland Invasion of 1982.

Respecting the referendum result

Wednesday 25th September 2019

The Labour Party Conference has voted to smash all immigration controls.

The motion passed by delegates pledges to:

I have  pledged my support for the Long Live the Local Campaign to help pubs in Northampton South keep their doors open and I have joined more than 150,000 people who have signed the petition so far, including 209 in Northampton South.

I thought it might be helpful to publish some gathered thoughts following the parliamentary melee yesterday, (Tuesday 3rd September) and what this means.

Today the Prime Minster announced a Queen's Speech on 14th October setting out his government's new legislative agenda. The current Parliament has run for 340 days making it the longest session in the last 400 years.