Giles Watling, Conservative Candidate for Clacton, today paid tribute to the Allied troops who fought and lost their lives as part of Operation Overlord in remembrance of the 80th anniversary.
The 2024 General Election will be on the 4th July and I need your help if we are to keep Sir Keir Starmer and the Labour Party out of Government. Join me over the coming weeks as I go out to meet the fantastic voters up and down the…
The Essex Village of the Year and Rural Community Awards are back in 2024, organised by the Rural Community Council of Essex. Nominations for the awards close on the 3rd of June, and Giles Watling MP is encouraging those who live in…
Giles Watling MP has been out in Clacton talking about the ongoing investment into the constituency as part of levelling up. Writing on social media, Mr Watling shared a video, saying: "I was out last week hosting a mobile bus surgery…
At Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office Oral Parliamentary Questions on Tuesday, Giles Watling MP invited the Deputy Foreign Secretary to join him on a visit to Calais to meet the Mayor and discuss ways in which we can stop the…
Giles Watling MP, Member of Parliament for Clacton, has voted against the Tobacco and Vapes Bill tonight (16th April) after making a speech in the House of Commons where he questioned the effectiveness of the measures the Bill proposes.
At Treasury Oral Questions, Giles Watling MP was able to ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to remember to support our high-end television production industry here in the UK with further budget measures.
Giles Watling MP, Member of Parliament for Clacton, today asked the Prime Minister whether he agreed that the recently announced fall in inflation was the best way to tackle the cost of living crisis. Listen to the PM's response now!
Giles Watling MP today has attended a service in Parliament to celebrate Commonwealth Day, the theme of which this year is "One Resilient Common Future: Transforming our Common Wealth".
At the Department of Levelling Up, Housing, and Communities Oral Parliamentary Questions, Giles Watling MP asked the Minister to support his campaign to improve local bus services, and encourage the Freeport East to invest in service…
Giles Watling MP has today laid his Civil Service Reform Bill before the House of Commons which aims to improve the accountability of Civil Servants, and “break the deadlock” between Westminster and Whitehall.
At PMQs on Wednesday 28th February, Giles Watling MP was fortunate to have the first question - and used the opportunity to ask about what we being done to help deliver more dental appointments in Clacton.
At Defence Oral Parliamentary Questions, Giles Watling MP, Member of Parliament for Clacton, asked the Secretary of State Grant Shapps MP about AUKUS, and the scope for expanding the alliance.
On Tuesday 16th, Giles Watling MP at the Department of Energy and Net Zero Oral Questions asked Minister Bowie about what was being done to regain Britain's place as a leading nuclear power. He also asked about which vendors the Government…
Giles Watling MP is backing stronger borders and an end to illegal migration. Giles is set to back the Government on the Rwanda Bill again this week to deport illegal entrants but warns that the legislation does not go far enough - and…
Giles Watling MP, Member of Parliament for Clacton, has today launched a new campaign to improve investment in local bus services in response to concerns raised by constituents about the need for greater development.
Giles Watling MP, Clacton's man in Westminster, is delighted to read that Rowan Moore, Architecture Critic of the Observer, has declared the Sunspot project in Jaywick one of the top 5 buildings in the UK in 2023.
Giles Watling MP at the Ministry of Justice OPQs asked Mike Freer MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Courts and Legal Services, about whether the Post Office will be stripped of the power to pursue private prosecutions in light…
Giles Watling MP has today welcomed the news that Clacton-on-Sea has placed 13th in the country in this year's RightMove Top 20 'Happy At Home' index, making it one of the happiest places to live.
Giles Watling MP, Member of Parliament for Clacton has today welcomed news that £1.7m funding, with the potential for a further £11.7m grant, has been awarded to a consortium of windfarms to explore whether they could be linked via off…
At Energy and Net Zero Oral Questions in Parliament, Giles Watling MP asked the Minister Andrew Bowie what could be done to prevent pylons being put up across the countryside when alternative arrangements could be made instead.