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
Official opening of B&Q in Burgess Hill 20th September 2013 The new store has created 95 new jobs in the local community and has taken six months to build. Local News
SYRIA AND THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS DEBATE 30th August 2013 Statement by Nicholas Soames following the Debate on ‘Syria and the Use of Chemical Weapons’ in the House of Commons on Thursday, 29th August, 2013. Local News
Nicholas Soames with Sub-Postmaster, Kazem Hossini. 30th August 2013 Official opening of the new style open-plan Burgess Hill Post Office. Local News
First Bike Ride Defibrillator 10th August 2013 Unveiling of the first Bike Ride Defibrillator outside the Town Hall in Boltro Road, Haywards Heath Local News
Armed Forces Day 29th June 2013 Nicholas Soames MP at a Thanksgiving service in East Grinstead on Armed Forces Day Local News
Sussex MPs Slam Mayfield’s New Town Plan 27th June 2013 Mid Sussex MP Nicholas Soames and Arundel and South Downs MP Nick Herbert have united to condemn the proposed Mayfield’s new town of up to 10,000 houses between... Local News
GCHQ 11th June 2013 Nicholas Soames’s Question to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs; The Rt Hon William Hague MP; following his statement on ‘GCHQ’ in the... Speeches in Parliament
Nicholas Soames MP opens voting for Sussex food & drink awards 6th June 2013 Nicholas Soames opens the public voting for finalists in the Sussex Food & Drinks Awards 2013/14 at the South of England Agricultural Show. Local News
Draft EU Referendum Bill 14th May 2013 Statement by Nicholas Soames, a senior member of European Mainstream, following the publication of the Draft EU Referendum Bill Local News
2022 Spring Forum to be hosted in Blackpool 10th July 2020 Conservative Party Co-Chairman, Amanda Milling MP, has today announced the Conservative Party will host its Spring Forum in Blackpool in 2022. National News
Rishi Sunak's Plan for Jobs: Speech in Full 9th July 2020 Our plan for jobs is about supporting people to find the jobs that are out there, creating new jobs through investing in our infrastructure and housing, and... National News
What Eat Out to Help Out actually means for you 8th July 2020 At a time when businesses need support, the new Eat Out to Help Out scheme is a targeted investment in our hospitality sector, providing discounts of up to 50%... National News
Our Plan for Jobs: Our £30bn investment in Britain 8th July 2020 Today the Chancellor announced our Plan for Jobs, worth up to £30 billion, to kickstart the economy and help create, support, and protect jobs across the United... National News
Our record-breaking package of support for UK arts and culture sector 6th July 2020 Today we have announced a world-leading £1.57 billion package of emergency grants and loans to protect Britain’s world-class cultural, arts and heritage... National News
Boris Johnson unveils a New Deal for Britain 30th June 2020 The Prime Minister this morning set out our ‘New Deal’, an ambitious economic strategy to rebuild Britain across the UK, putting jobs, skills and infrastructure... National News
