Six Years, £800,000, and Still No Beehive: Why Burgess Hill Needs Change Monday, 7 April, 2025 By Tobias Parker – Conservative Candidate for Franklands Ward For over half a decade, the people of Burgess Hill have been promised a new community arts and events venue— The Beehive. It was billed as a cultural cornerstone for the town, a modern replacement for Martlets Hall, and a sign of progress. Instead, six years later, we’re left with an empty field, spiralling costs, and more questions... Opinions
Fair funding for schools meeting with Minister 10th February 2016 MPs from across West Sussex were joined by Head Teachers and West Sussex County Council at a meeting with Education Minister, Sam Gyimah MP, at Parliament on... Local News
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Rail Summit Statement 18th January 2016 Sir Nicholas and MPs from along the Brighton Line met with Rail Minister, Claire Perryand representatives from Govia Thameslink Railway, Southeastern and... Local News
Mid Sussex Unemployment 17th December 2015 Sir Nicholas shares his thoughts on unemployment figures in Mid Sussex. Local News
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Fair School Funding Campaign 8th December 2015 Sir Nicholas and other MPs comment on the fair school funding campaign. Local News
The European Referendum 20th November 2015 Friday 20th November saw Maria Caulfield MP for Lewes and Richard Ashworth South East MEP debating the European question. It was a lively and interesting debate... Local News
Katy Bourne unanimously reselected as Sussex PCC candidate 28th October 2015 Katy Bourne, Sussex Police & Crime Commissioner, addresses a packed meeting before being unanimously selected as our candidate next May. Local News
Conservative Party Conference 2015 14th October 2015 The annual Conservative Party Conference was fantastic this year. Held in Manchester Central and the Midland Hotel for four days of speeches, debates and... Local News
Labour's open borders policy is the biggest risk to our NHS 14th November 2019 New research shows that net migration will increase under a Corbyn-led Labour Government which would put public services under increasing pressure. National News
Getting Brexit done and unleashing the potential of the whole country 13th November 2019 Read the Prime Ministers speech from London Electric Vehicle Company in Coventry. National News
Labour’s NHS policy descends into chaos 13th November 2019 Labour’s own research into shorter working hours has warned that a 35 hour week would hit hospitals and cause staff shortages. National News
12 Questions to Boris Johnson 12th November 2019 Boris Johnson's funny moments come up a lot in his general election broadcast, but the message is clear. National News
Only the Conservatives can be trusted to deliver jobs 12th November 2019 Since we came into office, we have fixed Labour’s mess and broken employment records.The number of people in full-time jobs is at a record high; we’ve taken the... National News
10 ways Labour would wreck our economy 12th November 2019 A Corbyn government means wasteful spending that would wreck the economy and dangerous plans to seize control of private businesses – at huge expense to the... National News
