Huge congratulations to my friend Ben Houchen.

Tees Valley want us to stick with the plan that's working:

Jobs up.
Airport saved.
Steelmaking back.
Darlington Economic Campus.

Excited for Ben to keep delivering more jobs and opportunities for local people.

🚨 APPEAL | A man has died following a collision on the A30 at #Plusha near #Launceston last night.

A man in his 40s has been arrested in connection and remains in custody.

Officers remain at the scene and are appealing for information.

More here 👉 orlo.uk/aLC6v

Don’t forget it’s Polling Day for the Police & Crime Commissioner election in Cornwall. I even remembered to take photo ID!

Quite the image from Teesworks!

✅ Great jobs for local people.
✅ The UK’s most successful Freeport.
✅ Biggest regeneration project in the country.
✅ Helping Britain lead the way with amazing technologies.
✅ A better future for our area.
❌ Labour have no plan.

#BackBen

May 1st 1982: At 04.38 exactly, Vulcan XM607 begins the fightback for the #Falklands dropping twenty-one 1,000lb bombs on the runway and airport isthmus. The explosions and blast wave kill a number of men as the airport building, stores, ammunition and fuel erupt in flames...

His Majesty The King will shortly return to public-facing duties after a period of treatment and recuperation following his recent cancer diagnosis.
 
To help mark this milestone, The King and Queen will make a joint visit to a cancer treatment centre next Tuesday, where they…

It's nice to get feedback like this from #NorthCornwall constituents.

The truth is, for every nasty comment and message I get, there are ten nice ones like this.

Well done to my team and His Majesty’s Passport Office office!

The Terrorgram collective promote terrorism. They are a neo-fascist and antisemitic group.

They have no place in our country.

From today, any member of the group - or anyone who invites supports for it - will face the full force of the law.

Pay day is coming.

Our second National Insurance cut hits payslips next week.

It's worth £900 to someone earning the UK average salary.

#Rwanda sanction beginning to work even before the first flights have taken off says the Republic of Ireland👇

The UK is now the fourth largest exporter of goods and services in the world, overtaking France, Netherlands and Japan.

According to the latest statistics from the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), which leads on global trade for the UN, the UK has overtaken…

🟢 A39 Eastbound has reopened following emergency repairs between Halloon roundabout & Highgate Hill

We turn to the police in the hardest moments of our lives - that is never more true than with violent crime.

We’ve taken action:

➡️ Removed 138,000 dangerous weapons from the street
➡️ Banned zombie-style machetes & knives
➡️ Funded services to address the root causes of crime

The Safety of Rwanda Bill has passed Parliament and will become law.

This landmark Bill will prevent legal challenges being used to delay the removal of asylum seekers to Rwanda.

💪James Cleverly🇬🇧 took a break from what has been a busy week in the Home Office as he continued a charity challenge for which he is doing 100 press-ups every day in April.

He has raised £1,770 so far for Cancer Research UK after his wife Susie was diagnosed with breast cancer in December…

This is very close to my heart. Details of services around our coast can be found here theseafarerscharity.org/get-involved/n…

Many tributes to Frank Field recall how kind and helpful he was to new MPs.

His loss is mourned across the House in every party.

How it started vs How it's going! Gillian Keegan MP

We’re strengthening our defence partnership with Germany🇬🇧🇩🇪

Yesterday we announced we’re taking defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by 2030.

And today Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is in Berlin to announce a joint investment in Boxer artillery systems.

In UK Prime Minister with Steve Double MP, Selaine Saxby MP & Nickie Aiken MP for Cities of London & Westminster.