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Tag Archives: Henry Smith MP
We need our Big Lottery Refund!
Last week, Crawley MP Henry Smith used his website to encourage his constituents to apply for the Postcode Lottery’s Dream Fund. This opportunity exists across the UK. The fund consists of £3M of which one allocation will be £1M and … Continue reading
The need to look in more than one place
The behaviour of candidates at the General Election last month has been under scrutiny by a Government body as part of its efforts to check up on charities and a number of issues have been identified as needing improvement. However … Continue reading
A Government asleep at the wheel
At the beginning of April I posted a blog about the early indications that the Governments new apprenticeship scheme was not ready for delivery as promised back in 2015. As of the 6th April the Government began collecting a new … Continue reading
Yet more talking, to what purpose?
Last month I wrote a blog about the resignation as rail Minister of Claire Perry, coming as it did, a few days after her appearance before MPs on 13th July in a debate on the travails of the Southern Rail … Continue reading
The un-democrats
The argument that the EU is un-democratic appears to have gained a great deal of traction and resonance amongst many people as we look forward to the referendum in exactly 13 weeks time. In my own view this is only … Continue reading
Posted in EU Referendum, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Brexit, EU Commissioners, EU Referendum, Henry Smith MP, LEPs, MEPs, Nigel Farage, UKIP
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An un-accountable Minister
On Thursday the MP for Crawley, Henry Smith raised an issue with the Government regarding the roll out of its flagship policy on childcare. The announcement in Mays General Election that by 2017, there would be 30 hours of free … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Childcare, Henry Smith MP, Sam Gyimah
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Cost vs Value
Few Sussex MPs make themselves as accessible on social media as MP for Crawley, Henry Smith. For this he deserves every bit of the commendation that Brian May paid him prior to the last election. However inevitably this also means he posts things that … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Parliament and Democracy, Syria
Tagged Afghanistan, Foreign Aid, Henry Smith MP, HS2, Palace of Westminster, Parliament, Refugees, Simon Kirby MP, Syria, Trident
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If’s But’s and U Turns
Following yesterdays publication of the £20M Howard Davies review of Airport expansion for the UK, focused on the South East we were assailed by a series of surprising comments in the House of Commons and on Radio 4. At Prime Ministers Questions, … Continue reading
Be more creative Henry
The consequences of the Scottish Referendum campaign are beginning to reverberate South of the border and it is producing evidence of how little creativity and imagination some of our MPs really have, or perhaps how keen they are to strengthen the status … Continue reading
Never mind EVEL what happened to our devolution?
Todays announcement by Boris and George that a future Tory Government will hand the Mayor of London greater planning powers and a new ‘London Land Commission’ will be established to deliver more development on brownfield sites, under measures outlined in a … Continue reading
Posted in Parliament and Democracy
Tagged Boris Johnson, EERA, English Votes for English Laws, EVEL, George Osborne, Henry Smith MP, Mayor of London, SEERA
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