So glad to welcome Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer to The RHS Chelsea Flower Show today.

The Chelsea Flower Show is now the number 5 global travel event to go to and it’s a huge boost to our local economy.

Thanks too to The Chelsea Pensioners for hosting & to the whole Chelsea community.

This week is Chelsea In Bloom and it’s great to see everyone coming together to make sure Chelsea is at its best for The RHS Chelsea Flower Show.

Special thanks to Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Cadogan, the Kings Road Partnership & the community for making this happen!

It’s the opening day of the The RHS Chelsea Flower 🌺 🌷 Show!

Perfect weather and Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Cadogan, the Kings Road Partnership and more have really delivered too with Chelsea In Bloom.

Chelsea at its very best!

Made in Chelsea! Born in Chelsea!

Thanks to Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, we have one of the best & largest maternity facilities in the country, to give the best start in life.

Recently I visited the Breastfeeding support group in Fulham, with referrals from Chelsea & Westminster.

📢 New weekly bulletin!

📩Invitation to my Crime Summit next month.
🤝Welcomed the Roads Minister to Fulham
🗣️Guest speaker at the Lots Road Neighbourhood Forum
🏫Visited Cameron Vale School
📝Held a constituency advice surgery at Metro Bank

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The campaign for the 211 bus is still live!

Thanks to thousands who signed my petition, we saved the 11, 14, 74 and C3 from Mayor Khan’s axe.

But Khan still wants to chop and divert the 211 route. Hospitals like @chelwestft are against.

On the Kings Road, Chelsea.

Reflecting on my recent visit to Fulham Primary School on Halford Road.

The Government is putting in record amounts of funding into our state schools, and I was impressed during my visit by Mr Lynch and his staff team, and by a disciplined school.

One of the most positive personalities in world trade in 2024 is Canadian 🇨🇦 trade minister Mary Ng

It was good to catch up with her in Arequipa 🇵🇪 and to see efficient Canadian chairing of #CPTPP this year.

Looking forward to Canadian ratification of UK 🇬🇧 accession.

CPTPP represents our first trade deal with Malaysia - and today I met Minister Liew Chin Tong to discuss our upcoming accession.

I’m also looking forward to co-chairing the inaugural UK-Malaysia JETCO this June in London.

An important year for 🇬🇧🇲🇾

El vicecanciller (e) Eric Anderson, se reunió con el ministro de Estado de Política Comercial en el Departamento de Empresas y Comercio del Reino Unido, Greg Hands, donde destacaron la culminación de las negociaciones del Convenio para Eliminar la Doble Tributación (CDI). 🇵🇪🤝🇬🇧

We’ve completed the next key step needed to secure UK’s accession to CPTPP.

After three more countries have ratified, the countdown to entry into force can begin 👇

Read about more exciting outcomes for businesses from Greg Hands visit to Peru 👉 gov.uk/government/new…

Handing in the ratification document of the UK 🇬🇧 terms of accession to #CPTPP to New Zealand 🇳🇿 Minister Chris Penk in Arequipa 🇵🇪.

A significant milestone on UK accession entering into force later this year.

Thank you also 🇯🇵 🇸🇬 and 🇨🇱 for ratifying UK accession too.

Tuvimos un excelente primer día junto al ministro Greg Hands. Reuniones productivas en Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, Cancillería Perú🇵🇪 y líderes de opinión del sector privado. Ahora en Arequipa para conversar con miembros de #APEC . Seguimos impulsando nuestra colaboración comercial. 🇬🇧🤝🇵🇪

A special thanks to trade ministers from Japan 🇯🇵, Singapore 🇸🇬 and Chile 🇨🇱 for already ratifying UK 🇬🇧 accession to #CPTPP .

Here in Arequipa 🇵🇪, everyone is upbeat about the UK joining - growing the Free Trade bloc’s share of global GDP from 11% to 15%.

I have lived & breathed #CPTPP for 7 years!

Today, I joined fellow CPTPP Ministers in Arequipa, Peru 🇵🇪, hosted by Canada 🇨🇦 as Chair, to discuss the Free Trade group’s key priorities for the year ahead - and formally announce the UK’s ratification to join the group. 🥳

📌El ministro José Arista Arbildo, junto al ministro de Política Comercial del Reino Unido, Greg Hands, anunciaron que concluyó la negociación sobre un Convenio para Eliminar la Doble Tributación (CDI) a suscribirse entre Perú y el Reino Unido.

Always good in Lima 🇵🇪 to spend time with Carlos Neuhaus.

In 2017, the UK became the delivery partner for the 2019 Panamerican Games.

Benefitting from some UK 🇬🇧 expertise from the 2012 Olympics, Peru delivered the best Panam Games ever.

And 🇵🇪 hosts again in 2027.

🇵🇪 Interview with Edson Eaerle of Diario Gestión 🗞️

Founded in 1990, Gestión is a leading business and economics newspaper in Peru.

Topics discussed:

➡️ Long term partnership between UK and Peru
➡️ New tax agreement and what it means
➡️ UK ratification of our deal to join CPTPP

And just time to pop in to see Javier Pérez de Cuéllar’s office here at Cancillería Perú🇵🇪 at the Palacio de Torre Tagle.

Former UN Secretary General, he really put Perú on the international relations map in the early 1980s, at a time of significant world tensions.

Lots to discuss with the Cancillería Perú🇵🇪 🇵🇪 team, not least:

✅UK support for Peru’s OECD accession
✅Our govt-to-govt work on infrastructure development here
✅Peru’s welcome for the UK joining #CPTPP

Thank you for welcoming me to Cancillería Perú🇵🇪 in Lima!