DRAX DELIGHTED AT DEFRA FUND TO SUPPORT HARD PRESSED DAIRY FARMERS

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, has said how delighted he is that South Dorset’s dairy farmers are to receive financial support to cover income lost during April and May as a result of Covid-19.

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, today asked the Health Minister to assure South Dorset constituents that the “thousands of nurse vancancies” would be filled after the Covid-19 outbreak.

During the December 2019 strikes we did our utmost to keep passengers moving and carried over 80% of the number of passengers we normally would have done at this time of year. 

Richard Drax, MP for South Dorset, has today asked Defence Minister Johnny Mercer about the state of accommodation for members of the armed forces.

TO my surprise, no sooner had I decided to write about the BBC this week than the Director General resigned.

Tony Hall leaves the publicly-funded broadcaster in stormy waters, not least for perceived bias and an obsession with minority interests.

Sir, It is time to stop hounding former soldiers for alleged misconduct on operations in Northern Ireland and elsewhere decades ago. Consultation and prevarication have gone on for too long.

By Victoria Ward -

A dying former soldier was given a guard of honour as he arrived at court on Thursday to plead not guilty to the attempted murder of a Northern Irish man during the Troubles.

By Lucy Frazer, Richard Drax, Marcus Fysh and Damien Moore