Fraud surges as scammers get smarter Thursday, 11 September, 2025 Over the summer, we got the latest stats on fraud: a 31% increase, to the highest estimated number of incidents since it was first included in the Crime Survey eight years ago. Fraud has also particularly been in my mind this week as a member of my extended family was victim to one of those email hacking scams. I know there have been a spate of these scams affecting local residents in the last... Articles for the Herald and Post
Treloar's sets the benchmark with Rivermead flats 30th November 2023 This week's article for the Herald and Post... Last week was another busy one. I spent much of the week getting up to speed with my schools’ brief and meeting... Articles for the Herald and Post
Breaking the cycle of reoffending 23rd November 2023 My article for the Herald and Post this week looks back on my time at the Ministry of Justice... Well, they do say a week is a long time in politics. None more... Articles for the Herald and Post
A fitting tribute to the fallen 16th November 2023 Like so many of you I attended services of Remembrance over the weekend. On Saturday I was in Holybourne and on Sunday in Alton. Both services were moving... Articles for the Herald and Post
Damian is appointed as Schools Minister 14th November 2023 Last night Damian was appointed as Minister of State for schools at the Department for Education, as part of the Prime Minister’s reshuffle of his Ministerial... Westminster News
Making progress in tackling the fraudsters 9th November 2023 This week I have written my article for the Herald and Post about collective efforts to tackle fraud and how this work is paying off. The latest ONS crime... Articles for the Herald and Post
Stamping out online abuse 2nd November 2023 This week's article for the Herald and Post looks back at the last parliamentary session and forward to the King's speech next week... Last week, the... Articles for the Herald and Post
October update for Shine Radio 31st October 2023 My October update for Shine Radio: Damian Hinds MP update for Shine Radio listeners - Petersfield's Shine Radio - Omny.fm Local News
This year's New Directions event 27th October 2023 Thank you to everybody who came to this year's New Directions event at Alton College. We had a fantastic turn out and I really hope that everybody that came... Local News
Site visit with SSEN 27th October 2023 Last week I met with the team from Scottish Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to hear about their upgrade plans for the Alton and Bordon area. I went to see... Local News
