Keeping watch on employment Thursday, 21 November, 2024 Seeing the Chancellor’s team line up with her on Downing Street reminded me of my own spell as a junior minister at the Treasury, at the Budget and Autumn Statement. My role at that time was focussed on areas such as alcohol and gambling duties, and energy policy. But there are two Osborne reforms from that time that stick in my mind as having an especially lasting effect. The first was the Soft... Articles for the Herald and Post
Celebrating the best of Hampshire 26th July 2020 The article below was written by Damian and published in the Herald group of papers on the 23rd July: "Last week the Hampshire flag was raised outside the... Local News
Politics South programme will remain 21st July 2020 Damian welcomes confirmation that BBC Politics South will be returning in September, but am concerned at other plans for regional current affairs. His question... Westminster News
Damian to object to Veolia incinerator proposal 21st July 2020 Local County Councillors, Mark Kemp-Gee, Andrew Joy and Adam Carew, together with Damian, have indicated that they will each be lodging objections to Veolia’s... Local News
More capacity for local electricity demands 20th July 2020 Damian met with the local team from Scottish and Southern Electricity Networks (SSEN) to see the progress on their upgrade of local electricity capacity for... Local News
Jobs in East Hampshire hit by pandemic 17th July 2020 The latest unemployment figures show a significant increase in the number of people claiming unemployment-related benefits across the UK as well as here in East... Local News
Restoration of Parliament debated 16th July 2020 In Parliament this week MPs debated Parliament itself, and the imperative for affordability and value in its restoration. Westminster News
Time for everyone to act 15th July 2020 This article was written by Damian and published in the Herald group of newspapers on the 9th July: "Last week over 30 East Hampshire residents joined a... Local News
Damian welcomes £30 billion Plan for Jobs 10th July 2020 Damian has welcomed the Plan for Jobs set out by Chancellor Rishi Sunak this week, which outlined a range of initiatives to help re-vitalise hard-hit sectors... Westminster News
Select Committee hearing on sport 7th July 2020 During a DCMS Select Committee hearing this morning, Damian raised the importance of local leisure centre and swimming pools being open for the school holidays... Westminster News
