An eve of poll call to Conservative members to back Tim Loughton when voting opens for the Conservative candidate to fight next year’s elections to be the first Mayor of Sussex.
Sussex is special and my Sussex Special tourism strategy linking up our vast array of attractions including the best vineyards in the country, great restaurants, beautiful castles, stately homes, galleries, theatres and museums, our…
We have lots of new housing developments coming up in Sussex but not always the right sort of housing or in the right place. We need more housing for local people but we cannot keep squeezing low quality buildings into ever smaller places…
One very important job the new Mayor of Sussex will have, will be to take over the responsibilities of the Police and Crime Commissioner.In my 27 years as MP, I received many complaints about police not being visible enough, not following…
I spent much of my time as MP dealing with longstanding problems around inadequate transport infrastructure across Sussex - not least on the congested A27.
I would urge everyone to sign this petition to Parliament to show support to protect British veterans who are being disgracefully pursued simply for doing their job whilst on dangerous service in Northern Irelandhttps://tinyurl.com/2u66awnh
My latest video on how farming and our precious Downland environment are so important to Sussex and why I would protect and promote them if I became the first Sussex MayorWe are fortunate to have a generation of farmers in Sussex who look…
Filming this from Cuckmere Haven — one of my favourite beauty spots in Sussex and close to where I was brought up. Thank you to everyone who’s responded to my Mayoral campaign so far and for letting me know your priority issues for Sussex.…
Tim Loughton, the Conservative MP for East Worthing & Shoreham between 1997 and 2024, has thrown his hat into the ring to be the Conservative candidate for the new Mayor of Sussex.Campaigning under the banner of ‘Rooted in Sussex, Rooting…
You can catch Tim Loughton on BBC Politics South-East this Sunday at 10am on BBC1 talking about the new Thames crossing and why infrastructure projects take so long; freedom of speech on university campuses and the record fine for Sussex…
As part of the current devolution proposals for Sussex, the Government is looking at creating at least three unitary authorities and possibly changing their boundaries. They launched a consultation to ask for local people’s views on the…
Whilst I would have hoped for a different result politically, congratulations to all the councillors elected in Adur and Worthing last week. There are big changes afoot as Labour takes over control in Adur for the first time in 24 years…
Speaking in the Renters Reform Bill debate, with the help of Barnardo's Children's charity and Become, care and care leavers charity, I highlighted the (largely) negative impact that private rental prices - rising by 6.2% in the 12 months…
One of the things I will miss most of all after standing down as MP is my time with schools and young people. I have 28 schools within the constituency and most weeks I am doing something with pupils from one of them. It stretches back to…
It is remarkable how nice people are to you when you declare that you are off! For those constituents who have not yet heard I announced at the East Worthing & Shoreham Conservative Association AGHM last Friday that after long deliberation…
Here’s an important reminder that there are lane closures on the A27 between Lancing and the Shoreham flyover starting this Friday from 9pm lasting to 6am on Monday. Eastbound lanes will be closed this weekend, then April 29th, May 13th…
Last week turned out to be rather a busier end to the Parliamentary session before the Easter recess than anticipated, thanks to the Chinese. Along with other MPs sanctioned by the Chinese Communist Government exactly 3 years ago now I was…
It was a busy constituency Friday last week and an early start as I teamed up with Lancing Business Park and medical services firm Eschmann to host a business export breakfast. Fortified by some excellent bacon rolls 40 local businesses…
The Vicar of Findon Valley Free Church must have been pretty envious last Saturday as it was virtually standing room early in the church for the AGM of the Findon Valley Residents Association. It was a tribute to the hard work of FVRA…
This is definitely a different one for me, last week I was interviewed on a range of topics by local resident Michael. The breadth of conversation ranged from my visit to Ukraine to mark the two year anniversary since Russian invasion, my…
There is some good news on local secondary school places as pupil allocations were announced last week by the County Council. After the debacle last year which left over 50 pupils from west Shoreham and especially Swiss Gardens Primary,…
Not surprisingly along with all other Parliamentarians, I have continued to receive a large number of emails from constituents often showing their passionate concern about the heavy loss of life in the ongoing conflict. I share those…
I spent last weekend with Parliamentarians from across Europe and beyond in Kyiv in solidarity with our Ukrainian friends marking the second anniversary of the Russian invasion. It was my first visit to Ukraine and on the face of it little…
Last week was full of Chinese New Year celebrations but as an MP sanctioned by the Chinese Government this mostly involved Tibetans and British Overseas Passport holders who have escaped the Chinese regime’s latest persecution in Hong Kong…
It’s a tough gig but someone’s got to do it. So it was that I presented myself at Iagos Café on the Lancing Business Park last Friday to judge the charity bake-off with some three dozen entries from local firms. My co-judge, and former…
I am sure everyone in East Worthing & Shoreham shares my concern at the news that the King has been diagnosed with cancer and wishes him a speedy recovery. What has been remarkable is the transparency with which King Charles has disclosed…