'Women in the Armed Forces': Third Oral Evidence Session Friday, 7 May, 2021 Last week, the Defence Select Committee inquiry, 'Women in the Armed Forces', held its third oral evidence session. During the session, the committee heard from Lieutenant General James Swift OBE, Chief of Defence People at the MOD; Samantha des Forges, Direct of Diversity and Inclusion at the MOD; Air Vice Marshal Maria Byford QHDS; and Baroness Goldie, Minister of State at the MOD. This was the... Westminster News
HSBC Unveils £15 Billion Fund to Help SMEs Recover from Pandemic 6th May 2021 It is exciting to hear that HSBC has established a £15 billion lending fund to help small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) innovate, grow and achieve their... Local News
Knocking on Wrexham's Doors With the Chancellor 5th May 2021 It was great to welcome the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak, to Wrexham today to campaign for Jeremy Kent, the Welsh Conservatives Senedd candidate... Local NewsSenedd News
Launch of 2021 New Energy Challenge for Low Carbon Business Ideas 4th May 2021 The New Energy Challenge encourages collaboration between start-ups and industry as a way to fast-track the development and introduction of breakthrough... Local News
Defence Select Committee Visit to Bovington Camp 4th May 2021 Last week, I was honoured to be invited, along with the Defence Select Committee, on a visit to Bovington Camp, Dorset where the Committee were provided with a... Westminster News
99 More Police Officers in North Wales 29th April 2021 North Wales Police are being bolstered by 99 more police officers, meaning that there are now more frontline officers on our streets to keep the public safe... Local News
Keep Britain Tidy's 'Great British Spring Clean' 29th April 2021 I am pledging to pick as part of Keep Britain Tidy's Great British Spring Clean. Locked down, everyone has come to rely on their green space close to home – the... Local News
UK's Largest Carrier Strike Group to Set Sail 27th April 2021 Today, the Secretary of State for Defence, Ben Wallace MP, announced that the UK's largest ever Carrier Strike Group would set sail later in the year. The UK... Westminster News
Prime Minister Comes To Wrexham (again!) 26th April 2021 It was an absolute pleasure to, once again, welcome the Prime Minister to Wrexham to show him around Net World Sport, to introduce him to the team there and... Local News
Disabled Veterans' Scholarship Fund 23rd April 2021 Applications have just opened for the 2021 Open University (OU) Disabled Veterans’ Scholarship Fund. This generous fund will provide scholarships for up to 50... Local News
