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If there’s one issue that consistently lands in my inbox, time and time again, it’s parking around our schools. It’s one of those topics that people feel very...

In recent weeks, fuel prices across the UK have begun to climb once again. The immediate cause is clear: escalating tensions in the Middle East, particularly...

This week, I have no doubt the local paper the Coalville & Ashby Times will be full of commentary about the closure of Lloyds Bank in Coalville, the final bank...

Lloyds Bank has confirmed it will close its Coalville branch, the final remaining high street bank in the town. That matters. Yes, we still have two building...

Once again, this Labour government is showing just how little it understands small and micro businesses. While ministers talk endlessly about “working people”...

Entertainment, sport, hospitality, tourism and heritage are not always the first sectors people mention when talking about British business. But for towns like...

As someone who uses social media daily, perhaps more accurately, hourly, both for work and political purposes, you might argue that I am a fine one to talk...

Politics, at its core, is not about branding, positioning or chasing the mood of the moment. It is a test of character. Parties rise and fall, leaders come and...

Freedom of speech isn’t some abstract, academic concept that only lawyers and philosophers argue about. It’s something we all rely on every single day, often...