Category Archives: Charities

Well done for your cross party action in the House of Commons

Posted on February 27, 2021 by ianchisnall

Although the provision of a good quality piece of legislation is the most important element from Parliament, when backbench MPs from more than one party work together we should applaud them. That is particularly true if their cooperation and proposed … Continue reading →

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The Conservative Party does not understand Independence

Posted on February 23, 2021 by ianchisnall

Two weeks ago on the 9th February there was an announcement that the Government had appointed James Wharton who is a Conservative Peer as the new Chair of The Office for Students which is supposed to be an Independent organisation … Continue reading →

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Vaccine priorities and US Capitol chaos both need responses

Posted on January 11, 2021 by ianchisnall

At the start of this week many of us are still recovering from a number of events that took place last week. For those of us in the UK, the lockdown following a huge increase in COVID-19 cases over December … Continue reading →

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Mind Charity is fulfilling a vital role at the moment

Posted on January 3, 2021 by ianchisnall

Throughout Christmas and New Year there have been sadly a significant number of threats and attacks on people who are part of emergency services. This included a number of Police Officers attacked in West Sussex and Brighton and Hove over … Continue reading →

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The New Year Honours for 2021

Posted on December 31, 2020 by ianchisnall

The honouring by the Government and the Queen for a significant number of people is very important as we begin a year that we can all hope will be much better than this year has been for COVID-19 and the … Continue reading →

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Important Homelessness words for Hastings and Rye

Posted on December 20, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday there was an important debate in Westminster Hall in Parliament under the heading of Winter Homelessness Support. The people who took part in the debate included the current MP for Hastings and Rye, Sally-Ann Hart. She was the … Continue reading →

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MPs who want people to be limited to their politics

Posted on December 17, 2020 by ianchisnall

It appears as if a MPs from across the Conservative Party are determined to stop other people and other organisations from responding to our society or our history with a political perspective. They are not trying to prevent their influence … Continue reading →

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Charities urgently need the Government to respond

Posted on December 16, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Monday there was a debate in the House of Commons on the subject of COVID-19: Domestic Abuse and one of the MPs that took part is Alex Norris who is the Shadow Minister for Health and Social Care and … Continue reading →

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As COVID rises in Sussex our MPs must start to communicate!

Posted on December 13, 2020 by ianchisnall

On Wednesday 16th December Sussex will placed in its next tier arrangement regarding COVID-19. In the few days before the last tier arrangement on 2nd December, several Sussex MPs were claiming that our area was in a much better place … Continue reading →

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At least one MP who raises concerns for the whole of Sussex

Posted on December 5, 2020 by ianchisnall

Many of the people who live or work in Sussex are aware of its shape and some of the elements of its history. However when it comes to MPs they are all faced with a challenge. One option which is … Continue reading →

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