It is now a month since I was promoted from the Department of Transport to be the new Paymaster General and Financial Secretary to the Treasury.  That is, the minister in charge of HM Revenue and Customs and the development of tax policy.

It was a delight last week to welcome Two Farmers Crisps to Westminster, where they were crowned national Rural Enterprise Champions at the Countryside Alliance Awards.

I decided last week, after wide consultation, not to throw my Stetson into the ring of the Conservative leadership contest.

Gazette readers will have seen the protesters of Extinction Rebellion campaigning recently--not just on Oxford Street in London, but in front of the Shire Hall in Hereford.

Local MP Jesse Norman has announced a possible bid to stand for leadership of the Conservative party, emphasising the importance of public service and the need for "an intelligent, warm, inclusive campaign that addresses the pressing need for Brexit but that also reaches beyond the Conservative party and brings people together."

Local MP Jesse Norman has been promoted to Paymaster General and Financial Secretary to the Treasury as part of a ministerial reshuffle. He was previously Minister of State at the Department of Transport.

One of the greatest joys of Herefordshire is the amazing range and quality of its music.

A few weeks ago I highlighted the possibility of Parliamentary moves that would potentially undermine the constitutional basis of British government.

As I write this on Monday evening, the House of Commons stands in uncharted political territory. Terra Incognita, as they used to say on the maps.