Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: A Tour of My Week
Take a look at the policy areas Alison has been working on this week in Westminster
Take a look at the policy areas Alison has been working on this week in Westminster
In her weekly column, Liberal Democrat MP for Mid Sussex Alison Bennett looks at the shocking rise in sewage dumping near Sussex's Blue Flag beaches, and the funding crisis in the hospice sector.
I thought I would share a little of what I have been up to during recess. I realise that this may not be typical, because as a new MP, much of my time has been spent on sorting out a constituency…
A significant amount of the work of an MP is ‘casework’ - helping people who come to you with specific problems. Over the summer, much of my focus has been on supporting constituents who urgently…
Since my election as MP for Mid Sussex, numerous residents in Haywards Heath have contacted me with concerns about missed postal deliveries. To better understand the situation, I recently visited the…
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Last week was a bit like the end of term for parliament before it began its summer recess. During August I will mostly be working at home, and these weeks will give me some time to focus on getting…