AN MP has challenged Government to scrap the system whereby prisoners who reoffend on licence are just sent back to prison for 28 days – insisting they should be serving the remainder of their original sentence.
ISN'T the House of Commons there to represent the people of the United Kingdom? It might seem a strange question but are MPs actually representing people on key issues? Many MPs now seem to advocate representing the public based on a politically correct tick box.
Commons Speaker John Bercow has warned Treasury ministers Philip Davies will not stop demanding funding for the Shipley Eastern Bypass until it becomes a reality.
Shipley MP Philip Davies has criticised his Labour opponent, at the next general election, for support calls for a second referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU; now the official policy of the Labour Party.
An MP has expressed disappointment after being told sandwich giant Pret will not be opening a store in Shipley - but vowed to keep encouraging other new businesses to the area.
Chancellor Philip Hammond is today facing demands from more than 150 cross party MPs – including two from the district – to address funding of FE colleges dubbed the “Cinderella” of education.
