2025: Week 40 - Digital ID, Unemployment and Renter's RIghts
This week was back to Westminster! On Monday I spoke in the House about Digital ID cards and highlighted that many areas of Devon are still without decent mobile signal.
20 Oct 2025
National News
Kent Reform suspend whip from Councillors: meetings more like episode of Traitors
Reform's meetings are starting to sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council. All that's missing is for Claudia Winkleman to appear and ask who they're going to banish next.
20 Oct 2025
IMF remarks: Govt ending “mum’s the word” approach to “disasterclass” Brexit must precede new deal for businesses and families
Responding to Reeves’ remarks to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) this weekend, Daisy Cooper, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, said:
20 Oct 2025
Fawdon & West Gosforth
Focus on Results: Tackling the Issues That Matter Most Across the Ward
From potholes to overgrown hedges. Fawdon and West Gosforth Focus Team has been hard at work over the past year making sure local problems are raised, followed up, and resolved.
20 Oct 2025
Kent Reform suspend whip from cllrs: meetings more like episode of Traitors
Responding to the news that Reform have suspended the whip from four of their councillors on Kent County Council after a leaked video exposed divisions in their council group, a Liberal Democrat spokesperson said:
20 Oct 2025
Kent Reform in chaos as four Councillors suspended for "Treachery"
A party spokesperson said Paul Thomas, Oliver Bradshaw, Bill Barret and Maxine Fothergill have had the whip suspended pending an investigation.
20 Oct 2025