The Government needs to rethink its housing affordability figure Tuesday, 13 January, 2026 Last week Damian wrote to Matthew Pennycook, Minister of State for housing, to follow up on a number of points that were raised during his Westminster Hall debate on the Cumulative impacts of housing development (which took place just before Christmas). In this letter, Damian raised concerns about the affordability adjustment factor within the government’s 'Standard Method formula' for calculating... Local News
Debate on decarbonising transport 4th February 2020 Damian introduced a Westminster Hall debate this morning on how goverment, industry and others can work together to accelerate decarbonisation, to maintain UK... Westminster News
Police funding boost for Hampshire 31st January 2020 Police funding for Hampshire is set to rise by £26.1m as part of the Government’s proposed settlement for 2020/21, which will see an overall increase of £1.1b... Local News
75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz 24th January 2020 This week Damian signed the Holocaust Educational Trust’s Book of Commitment, pledging his support for Holocaust Memorial Day. This year also marks 75 years... Westminster News
Action to protect SWR rail users 24th January 2020 Damian welcomes action this week by Grant Shapps, the Secretary of State for Transport regarding South Western Railway. As a precautionary measure, amid... Westminster News
New tax for internet giants 23rd January 2020 From April 2020, the government will introduce a new 2% tax on the revenues of search engines, social media platforms and online marketplaces which derive value... Westminster News
New pay proposals for teachers 21st January 2020 Damian welcomed the teacher Recruitment & Retention programme during Education OPQs yesterday, together with news on teacher workload. More information on the... Westminster News
Latest unemployment numbers welcomed 21st January 2020 Damian has welcomed the latest unemployment numbers published today by the Office for National Statistics. He said: "UK unemployment is 3.8%, 0.2 %pts lower... Westminster News
Damian supports campaign for pubs 16th January 2020 Damian attended a parliamentary reception held by Britain's Beer Alliance and is pleased to support their #LongLiveTheLocal campaign. As someone who used to... Westminster News
A New Year message 12th January 2020 When I hit my 50th birthday a month or so ago, I had cause to reflect on all that has changed in half a century – the vast majority of it for the better. As a... Articles for the Herald and Post
