February 2023, Hunton, Kent: Helen Grant MP and the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) have met with farmers from across Maidstone and the Weald to work on a plan to address the unprecedented economic challenges being faced across the horticultural sector, particularly in Kent.
Weald of Kent residents may recall a campaign I launched in Cranbrook in July 2021 to address rural crime and antisocial behaviour, working alongside the police, local councillors and other stakeholders. Work continues in that mission and most recently our attentions have been focused on one par
Tuesday 7th February 2023, Staplehurst: Local leaders met this week with South East Water (SEW) CEO, David Hinton, to get to the bottom of the issues that led to water shortages across the Weald of Kent in the run up to Christmas.
When Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote the memorable line ‘Water, water everywhere and not a drop to drink’ in his much-celebrated poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', he was talking about sailors being surrounded by an ocean of undrinkable water whilst languishing on board a ship stuck in the equ
Faversham and Mid Kent MP, Helen Whately, and Maidstone and the Weald MP, Helen Grant, hosted a roundtable in Chart Sutton to discuss the impact of crime on local farmers.
During a recent debate in Parliament, it was revealed that South East Water (SEW) were the worst performer across the entire sector when it came to supply interruptions.
This festive season many of my constituents in the Weald of Kent suffered a total loss of water supply, following the big freeze, just in the critical run up to Christmas. So, what happened?
In my last column I reflected on some of the key moments of 2022 and now, as we say hello to the New Year, here’s a look ahead to some of the events that lie in store.
How will we remember 2022? In January alone we had climate change, calamity and Covid combined.
It was the warmest New year's Day on record in Central London, 'party gate' stole most of the headlines and the pandemic was running riot once again with the new Omicron variant.
