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Building a collective national story is essential, rather than letting people retreat into separate, competing ones. Read the third part of A Politics of Belonging and let me know your views.

A place-based economy, with skills that root people in a trade, finance that backs local businesses, and shared obligations between workers and companies, would begin to improve the world of work. None of this is…

My speech in full, from Wednesday’s adjournment debate on A1 safety. I want to see all options on the table for making this main route safer.

‘The A1 dominates the lives of my constituents in North Northumberland. It is unsafe, lacks resilience and capacity, and is not fit for the future of a region that is booming in tourism and has…

‘We want to be a generous, opening and welcome country. But we are also concerned about the lack of control that successive governments have had over our own borders.’

‘Mr Speaker, two months ago, my constituent, and farmer, Ian McKie, was subjected to a burglary in which his workshop was broken into, and a quad bike was stolen.’

“When the Stranger says: “What is the meaning of this city ? Do you huddle close together because you love each other?” What will you answer? “We all dwell together To make money from each other”? or “This…

David Smith MP has welcomed progress towards a new Berwick Academy, with spades in the ground promised later this year and doors set to open to pupils in late 2028. 

David Smith MP has welcomed the Labour Government’s announcement that it will introduce a ban on social media use for under 16s, expected to come into force from spring 2027.