After almost 20 years working as a barrister, I came into politics in July 2024 to serve the community I love.
Folkestone and Hythe is where my children grew up, where I served as a trustee of a local charity, and where the most beautiful coastline, sunrises and sunsets unite the community in a love for this wonderful area.
My mother worked as a care assistant her whole life, having come here from the Philippines in the 1970s. My father was an engineer from London. My parents’ values of hard work, respect and compassion drive everything I do.
Folkestone and Hythe was for so many years forgotten by Westminster. Not any longer.
As your first ever Labour MP, I will fight every day to improve your lives and be your voice in Parliament, so we can make this area the best it can be for everyone.
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👩⚕️FOLCA 2 is a chance to revitalise our local health services👨⚕
"In our community we have already seen part one of the transformation of the NHS locally with the introduction of the Neighbourhood Health Services pilot under this Government, which is helping bring healthcare to the doorsteps of those who need it most, who are suffering from chronic health conditions such as diabetes, heart disease and COPD.
Now it’s time for part two of the local NHS transformation, which I hope will be FOLCA II.
I will continue to do all that I can to ensure we transform our local NHS so that we have an expansion of local GP services, modernised NHS facilities, an NHS which is a neighbourhood health service and not just a national one.".
Read more below. A more accessible version is available at www.tonyvaughan.co.uk/articles
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Pubs are at the heart of our community in Folkestone, Hythe and Romney Marsh, and this Labour government is giving them the support they deserve.
These measures will come into force this April.
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📵Social media ban for Under-16s? 📵
Where do you stand on the growing discussion about raising the legal age limit for social media to 16 in the UK? What should regulation look like going forward?
Let me know by filling in the survey below, so I can best represent your views in Parliament.
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Today on Holocaust Memorial Day, we remember the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and all those persecuted in genocides since.
We reaffirm our duty to learn from the past and challenge hatred in all its forms. I am proud that the UK Government is ensuring Holocaust education is taught in schools across the country. We must ensure these lessons are never forgotten. ... See MoreSee Less
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🎭 Folkestone is a Town of Culture 🎭
"Towns can now apply to be shortlisted and be judged before a panel with the winner receiving the grand prize of £3 million to deliver a programme showcasing their town’s culture in 2028.
I struggle to think of a town more deserving of this recognition than Folkestone. Our corner of the country is home to literary, animation, documentary and music festivals like no other."
Read the rest of my article below and at www.tonyvaughan.co.uk/articles
Fill out my survey here www.tonyvaughan.co.uk/town-of-culture
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📚GRACE HILL LIBRARY 📚 Very encouraging news and a brilliant example of cross-party working here: with Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors voting through a motion that Folkestone Town Council buy Grace Hill Library last Thursday.
I spoke to the main players on Friday and I am convinced that we now have the key planks of a viable, fresh proposal to persuade KCC to drop their totally wrong headed decision to auction off our beloved town library. I will keep working with all involved to make sure that this happens!
Re-posting Adrian Lockwood Labour ‘s post here (Leader of the Labour Group) - thank you to all councillors who voted this through!
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As always, it was great to meet with Sean and Keith from the Save Our Buses campaign - this time with our neighbour Mike Tapp - Labour!
Thanks to Sean and Keith for your constant advocacy for a better bus service in Kent - we deserve better. And with the £42m of revenue funding for Kent's bus services over the next 3 years announced by the Government, it's important that this money is spent in a way that serves the people.
If you have any thoughts about our bus service, fill out my survey:
www.tonyvaughan.co.uk/bus-services-questionnaire-2/
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‼️ BIG NEWS ‼️
We now have official NHS backing to build a medical centre in the FOLCA building in Folkestone town centre.
This has been a priority for me since I was elected and thanks to tireless work by the District Council, the ICB, the Government’s Department for Health and Social Care and myself, we are now on the verge of making this modern new health centre a reality for 23,000+ Folkestone residents, who for too long have had to put up with surgeries that are too old, too small and unfit for the numbers of patients on their books. Let’s now give Folkestone’s patients the facilities they deserve.
Read more at www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/news/article/396/positive-steps-forward-for-folca
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‼️ BIG NEWS ‼️
We now have official NHS backing to build a medical centre in the FOLCA building in Folkestone town centre.
This has been a priority for me since I was elected and thanks to tireless work by the District Council, the ICB, the Government’s Department for Health and Social Care and myself, we are now on the verge of making this modern new health centre a reality for 23,000+ Folkestone residents, who for too long have had to put up with surgeries that are too old, too small and unfit for the numbers of patients on their books. Let’s now give Folkestone’s patients the facilities they deserve.
Read more at www.folkestone-hythe.gov.uk/news/article/396/positive-steps-forward-for-folca
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