Mercury: John welcomes news Weston College will help train 5,000 HGV drivers for FREE

Weston College will help train 5,000 people to be HGV drivers for FREE in Weston from next month. Weston College is one of the establishments providing training as part of a national scheme which aims to address a shortage of drivers by recruiting 5,000 drivers nationwide. Shortage of drivers has led…

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Grazia: ‘Our Childcare Sector Is Leaving Working Parents Trapped Under A Glass Ceiling’

was written by John Penrose MP and originally published in Grazia. Good, reliable childcare is absolutely essential for any working parent who doesn’t want to put their career on hold. Parents who don’t have free help from a non working partner or family member find themselves trapped under a thick glass ceiling where…

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VIDEO: John asks whether the Government has plans to address the underlying legislative structure of the Misuse of Drugs Act

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_nSkfeFJMJQ

John welcomes the 10-year drugs strategy’s focus on both prevention and enforcement as well as treatment, but says there is one glaring omission: any attempt to address the underlying legislative structure of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971. He adds that, from that moment, we have seen a burgeoning of the…

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