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📰 In this week’s Monday Mail, I chat about my PMQ, the impact of delayed hospital discharges on locals hospitals, and how Reform now see the Lib Dems as their biggest rival in next year's Sussex mayoral election.
Read here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
Read here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
Alison Bennett's Monday Mail: The Origins of a PMQ
A visit to the pathology lab at the Royal Sussex Hospital, and the problems of bed blocking
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December 1, 2025 at 6:39 PM
📰 In this week’s Monday Mail, I chat about my PMQ, the impact of delayed hospital discharges on locals hospitals, and how Reform now see the Lib Dems as their biggest rival in next year's Sussex mayoral election.
Read here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
Read here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
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I don't want to see the IB stop at Varndean because of short sighted government cuts.
The Argus has written up last week's visit to Downing Street where we presented a petition to save the IB.
Read more here: www.theargus.co.uk/news/2565538...
The Argus has written up last week's visit to Downing Street where we presented a petition to save the IB.
Read more here: www.theargus.co.uk/news/2565538...
Government cut threatens vital international study route for teenagers
A college in Sussex has warned its International Baccalaureate (IB) program could become 'unviable' after a government decision to cut funding.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I don't want to see the IB stop at Varndean because of short sighted government cuts.
The Argus has written up last week's visit to Downing Street where we presented a petition to save the IB.
Read more here: www.theargus.co.uk/news/2565538...
The Argus has written up last week's visit to Downing Street where we presented a petition to save the IB.
Read more here: www.theargus.co.uk/news/2565538...
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The Government's attempt to override local councils is as undemocratic as it is destructive. I spoke out in Parliament to criticise this blatant abuse of power and call for councils like Richmond upon Thames to be left alone to run themselves in the most effective way possible.
December 1, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The Government's attempt to override local councils is as undemocratic as it is destructive. I spoke out in Parliament to criticise this blatant abuse of power and call for councils like Richmond upon Thames to be left alone to run themselves in the most effective way possible.
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Today is #WorldAIDSDay
We all have a role to play in stopping HIV. By raising awareness, supporting prevention, and ensuring access to treatment, we can achieve zero new transmissions.
#WorldAIDSDay #EndHIV #HIVAwareness
We all have a role to play in stopping HIV. By raising awareness, supporting prevention, and ensuring access to treatment, we can achieve zero new transmissions.
#WorldAIDSDay #EndHIV #HIVAwareness
December 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Today is #WorldAIDSDay
We all have a role to play in stopping HIV. By raising awareness, supporting prevention, and ensuring access to treatment, we can achieve zero new transmissions.
#WorldAIDSDay #EndHIV #HIVAwareness
We all have a role to play in stopping HIV. By raising awareness, supporting prevention, and ensuring access to treatment, we can achieve zero new transmissions.
#WorldAIDSDay #EndHIV #HIVAwareness
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I was in Tesco in #BurgessHill this morning with Mayor Stuart Condie helping with the Fareshare Winter Food Collection for our local foodbanks and the BH Pantry.
Thank you to everyone who is doing their bit to help those who won't have enough this winter. Your generosity means so much.
Thank you to everyone who is doing their bit to help those who won't have enough this winter. Your generosity means so much.
November 29, 2025 at 7:07 PM
I was in Tesco in #BurgessHill this morning with Mayor Stuart Condie helping with the Fareshare Winter Food Collection for our local foodbanks and the BH Pantry.
Thank you to everyone who is doing their bit to help those who won't have enough this winter. Your generosity means so much.
Thank you to everyone who is doing their bit to help those who won't have enough this winter. Your generosity means so much.
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📰 In this week's Middy column, I talk about UK Parliament Week and some of my recent visits to schools and colleges in Mid Sussex.
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politic...
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politic...
Political Opinion with Alison Bennett MP: It's UK Parliament Week
In her weekly column, Alison Bennett, MP for Mid Sussex, chats about UK Parliament Week and some recent school visits.
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November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
📰 In this week's Middy column, I talk about UK Parliament Week and some of my recent visits to schools and colleges in Mid Sussex.
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politic...
Have a read here: www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/politic...
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I spent yesterday morning packing boxes with the team at Haywards Heath Town Council for their 'Leave No One Behind at Christmas' campaign.
These gifts will be delivered to those in Mid Sussex who need support and a reminder that our community values them.
These gifts will be delivered to those in Mid Sussex who need support and a reminder that our community values them.
November 29, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I spent yesterday morning packing boxes with the team at Haywards Heath Town Council for their 'Leave No One Behind at Christmas' campaign.
These gifts will be delivered to those in Mid Sussex who need support and a reminder that our community values them.
These gifts will be delivered to those in Mid Sussex who need support and a reminder that our community values them.
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The botched Budget made the wrong tax choices, and was a missed opportunity to tackle the £90 billion Brexit black hole.
November 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The botched Budget made the wrong tax choices, and was a missed opportunity to tackle the £90 billion Brexit black hole.
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Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
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(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
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November 28, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ryan Bourne, a member of the Economists for Brexit* cabal that the Leave camp depended on to make their economic case for leaving, has written a long article in the Times admitting to the damage that Brexit has caused.
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
(*Other familiar names include Patrick Minford.)
archive.ph/2025.11.26-1...
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A brief reminder that everyone should leave X and let that heil hole rot away as it deserves to
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
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November 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
A brief reminder that everyone should leave X and let that heil hole rot away as it deserves to
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Aggregate Result of the 170 Council By-Elections (for 173 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 59 (+51)
LDM: 50 (+18)
CON: 18 (-20)
LAB: 14 (-40)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-5)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 2 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 59 (+51)
LDM: 50 (+18)
CON: 18 (-20)
LAB: 14 (-40)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-5)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 2 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
November 28, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Aggregate Result of the 170 Council By-Elections (for 173 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 59 (+51)
LDM: 50 (+18)
CON: 18 (-20)
LAB: 14 (-40)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-5)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 2 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 59 (+51)
LDM: 50 (+18)
CON: 18 (-20)
LAB: 14 (-40)
GRN: 14 (+2)
Ind: 9 (-5)
Local: 4 (-6)
SNP: 3 (=)
PLC: 2 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
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Thank you to Burgess Hill Library for displaying some of the winners and highly commended artwork from my 2025 Christmas card competition.
The display has now moved to Haywards Heath Library, where you will be able to visit it from today.
The display has now moved to Haywards Heath Library, where you will be able to visit it from today.
November 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Thank you to Burgess Hill Library for displaying some of the winners and highly commended artwork from my 2025 Christmas card competition.
The display has now moved to Haywards Heath Library, where you will be able to visit it from today.
The display has now moved to Haywards Heath Library, where you will be able to visit it from today.
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Well this is the most chaotic run up to a budget ever. The OBR published their forecast based on the budget half an hour before Rachel Reeves stood up to give her speech!
This allowed Ed Davey to give his comeback to the budget tax hikes in PMQs before the budget speech even started!
This allowed Ed Davey to give his comeback to the budget tax hikes in PMQs before the budget speech even started!
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Well this is the most chaotic run up to a budget ever. The OBR published their forecast based on the budget half an hour before Rachel Reeves stood up to give her speech!
This allowed Ed Davey to give his comeback to the budget tax hikes in PMQs before the budget speech even started!
This allowed Ed Davey to give his comeback to the budget tax hikes in PMQs before the budget speech even started!
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Ed Davey on #BBCBreakfast talking plain sense once again, mainly about the damage Brexit has done and continues to do, and what Labour 'should' have done in the budget. Easily the best party leader in Westminster right now.
November 27, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Ed Davey on #BBCBreakfast talking plain sense once again, mainly about the damage Brexit has done and continues to do, and what Labour 'should' have done in the budget. Easily the best party leader in Westminster right now.
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The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform.
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
November 26, 2025 at 12:53 PM
The Prime Minister just told me any party leader should want to get to the bottom of this Russian bribery scandal with Reform.
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
He is the Prime Minister and a party leader. Why isn't he launching a national investigation himself?
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There is an entire hospital's worth of people in beds across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust who are well enough to go home.
But they can't because there is no social care package in place.
So, today at PMQs, I asked the PM how he plans to get these people home for Christmas.
But they can't because there is no social care package in place.
So, today at PMQs, I asked the PM how he plans to get these people home for Christmas.
November 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
There is an entire hospital's worth of people in beds across University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust who are well enough to go home.
But they can't because there is no social care package in place.
So, today at PMQs, I asked the PM how he plans to get these people home for Christmas.
But they can't because there is no social care package in place.
So, today at PMQs, I asked the PM how he plans to get these people home for Christmas.
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Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
November 26, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Lib Dem leader Edward Davey calls for a national investigation into Russian political interference in British politics:
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
"Given Reform won't, he must. So will he know launch a national investigation into Russian infiltration into our politics?"
Starmer: "Reform is riddled with pro-Putin propaganda"
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Today's #budget must set things right by British farmers.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
November 26, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Today's #budget must set things right by British farmers.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
The government has repeatedly dealt blows to those who put food on our tables.
I will be listening keenly in the House of Commons today... and will keep pushing hard if the budget doesn't deliver what Farmers deserve.
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The true cost of Brexit revealed. 🚨
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The true cost of Brexit revealed. 🚨
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
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Every week I send out my 'Monday Mail', an email newsletter that looks at a few highlights from the previous week.
If you are interested in finding out more about what I get up to locally and in Parliament as MP for Mid Sussex, please sign up here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/newsletter
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November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Every week I send out my 'Monday Mail', an email newsletter that looks at a few highlights from the previous week.
If you are interested in finding out more about what I get up to locally and in Parliament as MP for Mid Sussex, please sign up here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/newsletter
If you are interested in finding out more about what I get up to locally and in Parliament as MP for Mid Sussex, please sign up here: www.midsussexlibdems.org.uk/newsletter
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The devastating effects of Brexit continue to build
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The devastating effects of Brexit continue to build
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🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 25, 2025 at 9:39 PM
🚨BOOM!! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 50,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I visited the pathology lab at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on Friday, met the team, and learned about their work.
Then, I sat down with Andy, Chief Executive of the Trust, to discuss the current situation in our local NHS and what positive changes are being made.
Then, I sat down with Andy, Chief Executive of the Trust, to discuss the current situation in our local NHS and what positive changes are being made.
November 25, 2025 at 12:01 PM
I visited the pathology lab at the Royal Sussex County Hospital on Friday, met the team, and learned about their work.
Then, I sat down with Andy, Chief Executive of the Trust, to discuss the current situation in our local NHS and what positive changes are being made.
Then, I sat down with Andy, Chief Executive of the Trust, to discuss the current situation in our local NHS and what positive changes are being made.