The last couple of weeks have been busy on the campaign trail and we are now at T-13 days until polling day. We’ve been out on the doorstep every day. So far, we’ve been to:; New Alresford; Swanmore; Central Winchester x6 different wards;…
Flick Drummond has launched her campaign to become the new MP for Winchester. You can read the article in the Hampshire Chronicle here: Flick Drummond launches campaign to become Winchester MP | Hampshire Chronicle
This week has been focused on getting my election campaign sorted, writing election leaflets and taking photos to go with them. I have been very grateful to those people who are happy to have had their pictures taken with me as it makes it…
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has called for smartphones to be banned in all Hampshire schools following a parliamentary report she helped compile concluded their use is harming children’s education and welfare.
Politics is full of surprises and we have a General Election campaign to fight. It has taken a couple of days to really get to grips with the announcement of a 4th July poll but I am looking forward to making the case to have the honour of…
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has met with renowned British actor Sir Jonathan Pryce at one of a series of events she attended as part of Dementia Awareness Week.
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has endorsed an education committee report asking the government to put in place policies to recruit and retain secondary school teachers.
This week I was supposed to be on an Education Select Committee to Berlin but at the last minute I was told that I could not go because one of the Labour MPs was no longer going and I was needed for votes. We had no votes on Tuesday, a…
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has signed an open letter to the Prime Minister asking him to tackle the import of more powerful unsafe e-bikes and improve regulations.
Great news today with the growth figures. As the reporter from Sky said ‘This is a genuinely good growth rate, the first “trend growth rate” we’ve seen in years’. Growth is up 0.6%, services 0.7%, production 0.8% but construction down by 0…
The big news of the week in Parliament was getting the Safety of Rwanda Bill through and it is now an Act of Parliament. We finished around midnight on Monday to get it through and it was chilling to hear five people had died trying to…
£150m has been given out so far for voluntary and community groups to buy and run assets for their local communities. Recently, I was asked whether there was any grants to buy a part of the River Meon in West Meon for the community so I…
I had a very busy recess as it is local election season but it was lovely to see people’s gardens springing into life. I had several visits to various organisations including Wickham Surgery, the University of Winchester to hear about…
UNRWA provide aid, healthcare and education to Palestinians in Gaza and refugee camps in the area and was set up following the displacement of Palestinians in 1949 and will continue until a permanent solution for Palestinian refugees is…
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has welcomed more than £26.3 million of government money coming to Hampshire County Council to help fund provision for children with special educational needs.
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond has thrown her support behind more help for rural convenience stores following a report that showed they are facing multiple challenges.
Meon Valley MP Flick Drummond’s parliamentary bill to ensure home schooled children are registered comes back to the House of Commons next week for its second reading.
It was a short week compared to last week but I managed to pack it full of activities. I had constituents on Monday to show round - always a good start to the week and I know that my diary is filling up for future Mondays, including coach…