We are all about to live through one of the most historic events in our lifetimes. At 11:00pm on January 31st, the end of this week, the United Kingdom will exit the European Union. As regular readers will know I have long stood up for our democracy and for our status as a self-governing nation.

The darkest moment in human history must never repeated, we must never forget the horrors of the Holocaust.

Britain is changing but we CANNOT abandon our towns, says ANDREA JENKYNS

WHEN I got my first job in a Greggs bakery at 16, I would have never thought that I would have been elected to Parliament one day.

My regular column in today's Morley & District Press covers Drighlington library, the Big Brexit Bash, and my regular Memory Cafe:

Beginning a new enterprise is never easy. I recently met with the founders of MyAuthentic8 who have an office in our area and have set out to tackle counterfeiting and enhance customer safety. Their security mark technology has a wide variety of applications.

Andrea Jenkyns was one of the biggest winners in the 2019 election as she massively increased her majority to keep hold of Morley and Outwood for the Conservatives.

It is fantastic to see the campaign against over-development in Churwell being highlighted in our new local paper, the Morley & District Press.

My article in today's Morley and District Press:

A General Election has been called for Thursday 12th December. After years of Remain MPs having tried to overturn the referendum result, I welcome the opportunity to renew Parliament, to break the deadlock and finally get Brexit done.

In the final edition of the Morley Observer earlier this year, I wrote of my sadness that our area would be without a local paper, but also my pride in the local people that filled its pages over the years with such positive and uplifting stories of bravery, charity, kindness, hard work, and Morl

I have once again enjoyed reading the latest edition of Moor News, Drighlington's community magazine.

In my regular column, I wrote of the strong civic sense of identity, community, and belonging we feel for our area, and how proud this makes me to represent Morley & Outwood.