News and Campaigns

Happy New Year – more funding for Adur and Worthing! I hope everyone had a wonderful break with friends and family over Christmas and a great start to 2026. On Christmas Eve, I visited Worthing Hospital to thank the staff who were working over the festive period, including the maternity ward and the teams you…

I am delighted that after campaigning hard for fairer funding for our area, the Labour Government is massively increasing funds for our councils!

Thanks to this Labour Government, our new Railways Bill is progressing through Parliament, so we can regain control of our railways. From May 2026, Southern Rail will be publicly owned, meaning fewer delays, frozen fares, and amplifying passengers’ voices under Great British Railways.

Delighted to announce the winners of my Christmas card competition – Emilia from St Peter’s Catholic Primary School, Sky from Holmbush Primary Academy, and Archie from Sompting Village Primary!

To give children the best start in life, the Labour Government has launched its new Child Poverty Strategy which will lift 550,000 children out of poverty – the biggest reduction of child poverty in a single Parliament.

Last week, the Chancellor delivered her Budget, making fair choices to address the public’s priorities.

We have secured agreement from the Environment Agency to REPLACE the mitigation pipe and secure the lagoon’s future for years to come.

Today’s Budget takes fair choices to deliver on the public’s priorities and the change we promised to deliver at the election.

Ahead of the Budget, the Labour Government is freezing train fares for the first time in thirty years, which will help thousands of passengers in Adur and Worthing save money.

Our coasts will be cleaner and wildlife better protected as the Labour Government has signed into law a ban on the sale of plastic wet wipes this week, marking a major step forward in tackling plastic pollution, which devastates Sussex’s beaches and seas.