I care very much about gambling addiction because it can affect people of all ages, and unlike most other addictions there are no physical signs. Things can go wrong fast, with real danger of people self-harming or even committing suicide.

So where to turn to for help?

Gloucester MP Richard Graham has welcomed the announcement that the UK looks set to host the United Nations’ flagship climate change summit, COP26, next year. Under an agreement between the UK and Italy, Italy will host the pre-COP events, with the UK staging the summit itself.

Minister for Digital and the Creative Industries, Margot James MP, has praised Gloucester’s Business Improvement District (BiD), the City Council and the office of the Police and Crime Commissioner for their creation of a team of City Protection Officers (CPOs) to boost safety in Gloucester City

None of us had any idea it would be like this. Three weeks ago I knew that former Mayor of Gloucester and Councillor for almost twenty years Lise Noakes had just been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, but had no idea, any more than she did, that the end was so close.

Please donate to my Walking the Plank into the baisin of Gloucester Docks this Fri #TallShipsFestival: it’s for a good cause (fund raising for our Gloucester charity HaVinG to help the homeless) & if you’re not a supporter who knows I may never re-appear

If a government scores its own homework, any reader may be sceptical of a 90% result. So, does our government’s review of its own Environment Action Plan, which can be found here really deserve such a high, almost Kim Jong-un like score?

Gloucester MP Richard Graham says that ‘Providing high speed broadband to an extra 1,800 properties in Kingsway means better connected constituents – whether for family use or working from home’.

Understandably many constituents think all MPs do at the moment is argue about Brexit, so here are 4 campaigns I’m running at the moment:

Abolishing visa fees for Commonwealth servicemen and women in our Armed Forces:

The MPs for Gloucester (Richard Graham) and Cheltenham (Alex Chalk) have welcomed the introduction of two additional direct rail services to London.  

91 Members of Parliament from all the main parties have signed a letter to the Energy Minister Claire Perry, urging her to put measures in place to ensure that the UK capitalises on its role as a world leader in wave and tidal power.