This week the Seafarers Wages Bill was passed by the House of Commons. It brings in new employment protections for workers at sea and is part of a package of measures to improve conditions on our cross-Channel ferries.

Full Hansard notes here: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2023-02-01/debates/B00497B4-0532-47B7-9C4E-292FA29F5142/RaisingTheStatePensionAgeTo68#contribution-E4A072CD-3A5E-4F5D-9EE0-26F6F740972A

Last week the Government announced that Dover District Council’s £18.1 million bid for Dover’s new Creative Quarter has been successful. I’ve been talking to council leader Trevor Bartlett about the scheme, and the difference it will make to Dover: