As part of the government’s commitment to roll out gigabit broadband across the UK, the Staffordshire village of Thorpe Constantine has seen a transformation in their connectivity following a grant from the Government and Staffordshire County Council.

Yesterday the Chancellor unveiled a Budget that delivers on our promises to the British people to level up our whole United Kingdom and spread opportunity across every community. 

The Government will soon be delivering its first Spring Budget.  The Budget is currently scheduled for 11th March 2020.

Today's queen's speech reaffirmed that the NHS is our number one priority which is why we will become the first ever Government to enshrine the increased NHS budget of an extra £33.9 billion per year into law.

The Queen's Speech also set out our plans to:

I would like to thank the people of Tamworth and surrounding villages for supporting me in the recent election.

Thank you especially to the Returning Officer, elections team and local police who helped ensure we could all cast our votes and that election day ran smoothly.

This is my last casework report under the current Parliament as I expect Parliament will dissolve next week for a General Election.

Residents living in the villages know that I have been in contact with the Department for Culture Media and Sport, Department for Business and mobile phone operator for quite some time to try and improve rural mobile coverage.

The Government have put in place an opt for a more faster, more reliable and more affordable future via the replacement of copper to fibre wires.