At the beginning of her book The Life of an MP, Jess Philips writes that when people ask her why she became an MP she has a number of different answers that are all equally true. She says the answer that she gives depends upon the circumstances...
In this weeks Mid Sussex Times, Alison Bennett MP talks about the challenges facing Kinship Carers, and the Liberal Democrats call for support alongside campaigners
The latest from Alison Bennett in her Monday Mail, including local issues, Ukraine and local elections
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex, discusses the alarming rise in water bills and the government's decision to delay county council elections, and why these decisions are a failure for Sussex residents.
In May 2025, voters were set to have their say in the county council elections, but last week the Labour government, at the request of Conservative-controlled West Sussex County Council, decided to postpone them for a year...
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex goes out with our local Meals on Wheels service.
More on growth, Gatwick, medical innovation in Sussex and the latest with UBAT and sixth form strikes in this weeks Monday mail
In her weekly column, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, Alison Bennett urges the government to fix the mess they have made of teacher pay across local sixth form colleges.
Today - 27th January - marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the infamous former Nazi concentration and death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau. Along with people across the UK - and internationally...
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In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, Liberal Democrat Member of Parliament for Mid Sussex, explains why she is supporting ‘The Sunshine Bill’, a plan to make it the law for all new homes to be built with solar panels.
Sixth Form Strikes in Sussex, Blue Monday becomes Brew Monday and a march on county hall in this weeks Monday mail
Last week in Westminster, in the news and online there has been a lot of conversation about the horrifying crimes of child sexual abuse, and how we as a country go about investigating, prosecuting and preventing these atrocities from taking place.
