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
Jobcentre Plus in Haywards Heath receives praise from Parliament. 14th January 2019 Universal Credit Monday, 14th January 2019 House of Commons Sir Nicholas Soames MP (Mid Sussex) (Con) I warmly welcome this excellent move by the Department... Local News
Sir Nicholas' question to the Secretary of State for Defence on the Vanguard-class Life Extension Programme 14th January 2019 Vanguard-class Life Extension Programme Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con) When my right hon. Friend considers the financial sustainability of the Vanguard... Local News
SIR NICHOLAS SOAMES’S SPEECH ON THE WITHDRAWAL AGREEMENT 11th January 2019 Debate on the European Union (Withdrawal) Act Friday, 11 January 2019 House of Commons Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con) I agree very strongly with the... Speeches in Parliament
Sir Nicholas Soames Question to Sajid David 11th January 2019 Sir Nicholas Soames MP (Mid Sussex) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on the calm and assured way in which he has dealt with this difficult matter. Is he... Speeches in Parliament
Sir Nicholas’s Question to the Secretary of State for Health & Social Care on the NHS Long Term Plan. 7th January 2019 Sir Nicholas Soames MP (Mid Sussex) No doubt my right hon. Friend is gratified, as would be the Churchill-led National Government of 1944, by how truly... Speeches in Parliament
Cross Party Letter to the Prime Minister 7th January 2019 Dear Prime Minister, We the undersigned Members of Parliament, business leaders and representatives are writing to you about the threat that leaving the... Local News
Sir Nicholas Soames' delight at appointment of new 6th form provider . 19th December 2018 “I am absolutely delighted that we are making some real progress on this major and vital project and with the selection of the Chichester College Group (CCG)... Local News
Sir Nicholas Soames’s question to the Prime Minister following her Statement on the European Council. House of Commons Monday, 17th December, 2018 17th December 2018 Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con) My right hon. Friend continues to negotiate changes to the backstop. Does she not agree that if those efforts were... Speeches in Parliament
Sir Nicholas Soames’s question to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on co-ordinating the UK’s soft power. 13th December 2018 Sir Nicholas Soames (Mid Sussex) (Con) Soft power is one of the golden assets that this country possesses, but it is not nearly well enough co-ordinated; indeed... Local News
Kemi’s Wilberforce address 17th November 2025 Kemi hosts a speech with the Conservative Christian Fellowship honouring William Wilberforce. National News
Kemi Hosts Emergency Farming Summit 17th November 2025 Kemi Badenoch joins British farmers to set out our plan to halt the decline of rural industries National News
Conservatives demand answers on Prison releases 12th November 2025 Robert Jenrick takes on David Lammy following the accidental release of dangerous criminals National News
It’s time to get Britain Working again 4th November 2025 Britain has stopped working, because for too many, it has stopped making sense to work. National News
Kemi: If Rachel Reeves puts up tax, give her the axe 30th October 2025 Kemi Badenoch challenges Starmer to remove Rachel Reeves if she puts up our taxes once again. National News
Conservatives force vote on scrapping Stamp Duty 29th October 2025 Shadow Chancellor Mel Stride leads the debate on scrapping stamp duty National News
