Great to host the 50th Anniversary of District Councils with the Leader of Breckland Council and Chairman of the District Councils' Network - Cllr Sam Chapman-Allen. 

Further to my offer to chair a meeting between the ICB and the landlord of the Toftwood Surgery, I am pleased to report back that it was a positive meeting.

George Freeman raises the increasing problem of flooding in inland Norfolk as a result of climate change, aging infrastructure struggling to cope with modern demands, and the fragmentation of responsibility for water management. He seeks Government support for measures in his Private Member’s Bill which includes clauses on defining responsibilities, funding, liabilities and monitoring.

Farmers from across the UK have descended on Westminster to tell the new Government what they are doing to them through changes to Agricultural Property Relief and Inheritance Tax will mark the end of 'Family Farming' as we know it.

By announcing a massive £40bn tax attack focused on small and family businesses, the Farm Tax attack on family farms and pensioners at risk of fuel poverty alongside massive borrowing, to fund a spending spree on public sector wages.

The Dereham Post Office is a vital hub for the local community. As Dereham as a town grows in population (with more new housing planned) and with a retired elderly population - this is an outrageous proposal by the Post Office which makes no sense. 

I am pleased to report that the Landlord and the ICB will next week now be meeting to try and resolve the issues surrounding the lease.

As MP for a profoundly rural part of Norfolk, coming from a farming family and as a former adviser to the NFU I am appalled by the outrageous tax attack on family farms in last weeks Budget.

Today, alongside Dereham South County Councillor Phillip Duigan, I met with Tracey Bleakley, CEO of NHS Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board (ICB), to discuss the concerning proposed closure of Dereham’s Toftwood Surgery.