I’m thrilled and honoured to be appointed by Kemi Badenoch as Shadow Minister for the Union in His Majesty's Most Loyal Opposition.
Britain is stronger as a united community, and as a new Shadow Cabinet Office Minister and Shadow Northern Ireland Minister, I’ll be helping hold our new Prime Minister and First Secretary of State to account over how they run the ever-growing Civil Service, their promises to devolve more power to the UK’s nations and regions, and a range of national security issues.
Our new Leader of the Conservative Party, Kemi Badenoch, has worked hard since the election to identify where previous Conservative governments went wrong, and come up with serious and specific plans to fix things. In the week that the Conservatives overtake Reform in poll for first time in 18 months, I’m ready to get stuck in to my new role as part of Kemi's reshuffle.
Of course, I’ll be no less visible or available to my constituents across East Yorkshire, who want to see our fair share of better local healthcare, fairer special educational needs funding and the scrapping of the cruel Family Farm and Family Business taxes – and with devolution of powers to regional mayors seemingly on the new Prime Minister’s agenda, there’ll be lots to hold to account.
