We’ve had another difficult season with stormy weather impacting the coast, towns and villages. As I write this column in the constituency, the wind is beating fiercely and the rain is lashing down courtesy of Storm Ciarán.
Following the Home Office's update on the proposal on Northeye in late August, and the subsequent updating on the online Factsheet, I wrote to the Minister of State for Immigration, Robert Jenrick, asking for his confirmation that the only proposal being looked at for the site is that of a 'detai
It is impossible not to have reacted with sheer horror and disbelief at the harrowing events that have taken place in Israel. Just under two weeks ago, terror was unleashed on an unimaginable scale.
Last Friday evening (13 October), I held a meeting with the residents of the Northeye Estate. These are the residents who will be most impacted by the Home Office proposals to house illegal migrants on the former training centre site at Northeye. I first met these residents last April following
Last Saturday, I received a call from the Prime Minister’s office to let me know that Bexhill was being awarded £20m from the Government’s new Long-Term Plan for Towns. The news would be announced the following day for the start of the Conservative Party Conference.
Huw Merriman, MP for the Bexhill and Battle constituency, has welcomed the decision to give Bexhill on Sea access to a long-term ten-year endowment-style fund.
Huw Merriman, MP for the Bexhill and Battle constituency, joined local farmers for an on-site farm meeting organised by the National Farmers Union (NFU) last Friday.
Huw joined a ‘parliamentary train’ carrying members of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Heritage Rail along the Kent & East Sussex Railway on Friday, 15 September.
Local bus services are a lifeline for those who otherwise have no means of getting out and about. This is especially true for people seeking to get around our large constituency.
Local MP, Huw Merriman, visited Pevensey village to learn more about an exciting project to restore one of the oldest buildings in Sussex – The Mint House.