Congratulations to Emma Matthews at East Northamptonshire Council for being the first inspector in England to be awarded the ‘Animal Establishment Inspector Training Certificate’ by the Pet Industry Federation.

This year, Young Carers Awareness Day was held on the 30th January 2020 and it is important that we recognise that every day across the UK, thousands of young people help to look after someone in their family, or a friend, who is ill, disabled, or misuses drugs or alcohol.

Want to see more of what I've been up to over the past two weeks? Take a look at my latest Westminster Report, here: https://tinyurl.com/sw4qtda.

I’m passionately supporting Keep Britain Tidy’s ‘Great British Spring Clean’.

I’m proud to be supporting the FA’s campaign to strengthen grassroots football in our community - not least because we have so many superb local clubs!

Last Friday, I was delighted to visit the new campus at the University of Northampton to meet with the Vice-Chancellor and other executive university staff.

I’m proud to be supporting Sport England’s ‘This Girl Can’ campaign to get more women and girls active and participating in sport. The record numbers of women playing sport shows that ‘This Girl Can’ has really struck a chord, but there’s always more to do.

On Thursday, I was honoured to sign the Holocaust Educational Trust’s ‘Book of Commitment’, and again pledged my commitment to Holocaust Memorial Day; honouring those who were murdered during the Holocaust, as well as paying tribute to the extraordinary Holocaust survivors who work tirelessly to

Having campaigned hard to secure the commitment to this much-needed major road infrastructure project, works are due to start on the Chowns Mill Roundabout upgrade in early February and will be completed by the winter of 2021/22.

Last week, it was great to visit the Blue Skies factory in Corby with Baroness Sugg, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for International Development.