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
Immigration Debate 9th September 2012 Nicholas Soames’s opening speech to a debate on immigration Local News
Police & Crime Commissioner Elections 31st August 2012 Ahead of the Police and Crime Commissioner elections on the 15th of November we've produced this short film to explain how PCCs will benefit your community. Local News
PCC candidate Katy Bourne 22nd August 2012 Local Conservative PCC candidate Katy Bourne welcomes new powers to tackle alcohol-fuelled crime and disorder Local News
Community Champions 14th July 2012 Two Community Champions from Mid Sussex receive awards at the House of Commons Local News
Social Care 13th July 2012 Nicholas Soames welcomes Government's Social Care & Support White Paper Local News
House of Lords Reform 10th July 2012 Nicholas Soames MP letter to the Daily Telegraph 9th July & Speech during the Second Reading Debate of the House of Lords Reform Bill - Monday, 9th July 2012 Speeches in Parliament
Nicholas Soames Made Patron of Rural Fair Share Campaign 2nd July 2012 Nicholas Soames Made Patron of Rural Fair Share Campaign Local News
Action to freeze fuel duty 28th June 2012 Nicholas Soames welcomes Conservative action to freeze fuel duty Local News
Immigration Changes 19th June 2012 NICHOLAS SOAMES MP WELCOMES RADICAL IMMIGRATION CHANGES Local News
Cost of Corbyn’s Christmas – Corbyn would make your family Christmas cost a third more 11th December 2019 New analysis has revealed that the cost of Christmas across Britain would increase substantially under Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour. National News
The choice tomorrow 11th December 2019 With voting to begin at 7am on Thursday, opinion polls say the election is too close to call - the Conservatives need 9 more seats for a majority, but... National News
Vote on Thursday to break the gridlock 10th December 2019 Two days before polling day, the Prime Minister is taking nothing for granted - whilst the Conservatives only need to gain 9 seats to get an overall majority... National News
Cost of Corbyn: Labour's plans for 108 new taxpayer funded quangos revealed 10th December 2019 New analysis shows that Labour’s manifesto commits to creating over 100 new quangos, with a total cost of £13.2 billion over the next five years. National News
Brexit, actually 9th December 2019 Boris Johnson's funny election advert parodies Love Actually but makes an important point: this election is too close to call. National News
Revealed: Labour’s plan to make our streets less safe 9th December 2019 Labour’s opposition to stop and search would increase crime on our streets, putting frontline officers and communities at risk. National News
