Damian was this morning re-elected as the MP for East Hampshire. In his acceptance speech he said the following: Thank you to the voters of the new East Hampshire constituency for the trust that you have put in me to be your elected…
“Great education is all about great teachers,” says Damian Hinds “and they’re achieving great things for this generation of children.” Education is ‘devolved’. While the UK government is responsible for England, the Labour-run Welsh…
England and Wales have the highest number of police officers on record: over 149,000 officers. As a result of the police recruitment drive committed to in 2019, over 20,000 additional police officers have now been hired. This means that…
At the National Farmers Union Conference in February, Rishi Sunak told farmers “I’ve got your back”. A package of new measures announced that month has provided a better deal for farmers. The Sustainable Farming Incentive is being enhanced…
Shortly before the 2010 election I wrote in our local paper about climate change. Looking back at it now (http://damianhinds.blogspot.com/2010/02/climate-change-measured-approach-27-feb.html) despite all that has changed, I find most of it…
In a press release earlier this week East Hampshire’s Conservative candidate Damian Hinds has said he regrets that there has not been more focus on education in the national media coverage of the election campaign and manifestos.
Thank you to Treloar's student governors Isobel and Archie, their fellow students, and staff, for a brilliant hustings on Monday this week! Great questions, and we candidates all learned important things that day. #Treloars #GE24
Last week, Hampshire’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Donna Jones, together with South Central Ambulance Service, announced that specialist mental health nurses will be based in the police control room to deal with emergency calls…
Last week the Prime Minister held his second ‘Fork to Farm’ summit. This is a forum for all those involved in food production, including supermarkets, to find solutions to the issues affecting our farming community.
I went on two very different education-related visits last week. The first was to Andrews Endowed primary school in Holybourne where the children grilled me on everything to do with being an MP and Minister for schools.
Damian was delighted to be invited to the recent Dementia Walking Football tournament in Petersfield, in memory of Jeff Williams, a local dementia campaigner. Despite the inclement weather, the four teams battled hard, with Winchester…
If your family is like ours in the run up to the school holidays, there can be something of a scramble to find activities (as well as copious snacks) to keep small people occupied. For people on lower incomes, things can be more difficult.
April not only brings with it lighter evenings and (hopefully) some more spring like weather (less rain please!) but it also marks the start of the new financial year.
Last week’s news agenda was of course dominated by the Budget. Top of the list of priorities was to maintain the progress on driving down inflation and debt, and encouraging growth.