After almost 20 years working as a barrister, I came into politics in July 2024 to serve the community I love.Â
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.Â
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.Â
Folkestone and Hythe was for so many years forgotten by Westminster. Not any longer.Â
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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I met these lovely students from Folkestone School for Girls who told me that their robotics team was selected to represent Team GB against 190 nations in a robotics competition which will be taking place in South Korea!
On top of this, they want to build an outreach programme to deliver across the country to involve primary schools in robotics. Truly inspiring.
If you want to help out, let's get these girls to South Korea by donating in the link!
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🛥️Solidarity With Our Coastguard Volunteers 🛥️
Read my article below and at tonyvaughan.co.uk/articles
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ÂŁ11 per hour is not why Coastguard Rescue Officers volunteer.
They volunteer because they are extraordinarily courageous and selfless people - they are true public servants.
I was proud to stand up for the brilliant CROs in my constituency, and those across Kent in last week’s Westminster Hall debate.
The Minister was right to press pause on the CRO engagement, but let’s see the impact assessment published, the risk assessment produced, let’s take the whistleblowing reports seriously and disclose all the MCA survey data.
We’ve got to get this right for the CROs, whose dedication and bravery will never cease to inspire me.
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Kent Auto Developments is a small business based in Newchurch on the Romney Marsh, which has been a vital part of our local community for 36 years.
It is also a leading manufacturer of high-performance motor racing components for the historic racing market, particularly for the BMC/Austin Mini.
Thanks to Colin who showed me around and explained the technical jargon! Amazing work.
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It was a beautiful day to officially open the new park at the Martello Lakes development in Hythe where I was met with families who were already enjoying the play equipment.
Thank you to Badj from Camland for showing me the rest of the site. I was given given a tour of the remediation works on the site and building infrastructure in readiness for building houses and commercial and retail units.
I also spoke with the Barretts house building team who showed a keen determination to work with developers to build vital new homes.
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Result! (Literally!). Thursday marked an important day - testing the water quality can now be in the hands of the community.
The Fluidion Alert Lab Ecoli Monitor was given to water pollution campaigners where they were given training on how to take water samples and see the automatically generated results within 2 hours.
This is something that I pushed Southern Water to fund for which I secured an agreement from CEO Lawrence Gosden, so I'm glad to see it finally come into fruition.
The volunteer testing team will be able to test all year round and in the locations that they feel might be most important. This could be life-changing for sea swimmers and local businesses especially in Dymchurch and Littlestone.
The project is looking for volunteers, so if you want to get involved, contact my office: [email protected].
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Just finished up a surgery at Brenzett Village Hall in Romney Marsh where I was accompanied by some lovely work experience students from the Marsh Academy and Harvey Grammar!
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We certainly need more of these Job Centre takeovers! Great to see EKC and the Folkestone Job Centre work together to show people the opportunities available to them.
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EKC Group plays vital role in Kent’s first Job Centre Takeover - EKC Group
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East Kent Colleges Group has played a vital role in Kent’s first Job Centre Takeover which took place at Folkestone's Job Centre.0 CommentsComment on Facebook
A lovely time was had at the Radnor Park Bowls Club.
As always, it's an honour and a privilege to address the Folkestone & Hythe Constituency Labour Party at their social - even more special this time, marking two years since I became an MP! 🌹
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