The media has become obsessed with the internal politics of my party. I am more interested in the work we do to improve the economy – which has just delivered better than expected figures (and a reminder was also the fastest growing economy of the major G7 nations until the Iran war). I am unimpressed by navel gazing, no matter which party does it and the same goes in this instance. There is far too much going on in the world for us to fall into the Conservative trap of changing leader when the going gets tough. You deserve stability and I will do all I can to try and help deliver this.

If you would like to read any more of my thoughts on this, I have shared several posts on my Facebook and Instagram accounts. If you are not on social media and would like to read them, please drop me an email and I will send the content over. For those of you who understandably do not want to read any more of this, I will move on!

I spent most of last week here in the constituency and it was massively welcome to spend some time here at home in our towns and villages.

Last week, I had the honour of being invited along to Racing Club Warwick as they unveiled their suicide prevention bench. We were joined by Micky Hazard who set up the charity behind these benches, Legend on the Bench, alongside his sister after the tragic death of her son, Jay, when he took his own life at the age of 23.

It's an important initiative aimed at breaking the silence surrounding mental health and providing a space where people can talk and feel less alone. At night it illuminates to provide a 'light in the darkness' together with contact details of people who are out there and ready to listen.

To have the chance to listen to Micky talk about this project was particularly moving. They have already installed over 250 benches nationally. Huge credit is due to him and his sister for what they are doing and also to Gary Vella and all at Racing Club Warwick for their support.

It was an appropriate reminder of the work we must do around suicide prevention as last week was mental health awareness week. An opportunity to remind ourselves of the need to check in on family and friends and the benefits of talking about mental health.

Finally, you will all know the importance of Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to our local and national economy. As a local employer, they employ thousands in our towns and villages alone, and many more across the wider region. We cannot understate the importance of them to our regional and national economy.

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They were hit hard last year by the cyber-attack on the company which was hugely disruptive and deeply concerning for so many employed locally, both by the business and in the supply chain.

The annual profits of the company this year have seen a serious hit, with Trump's tariffs and the cyber-attack seriously disrupting production for months.

The positive news is that the stats for the first quarter of this year show great signs of things improving. While revenue is still down year on year, it increased by 51.4% this quarter. These are really positive signs which I am pleased to see.

As always, please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any issues or concerns you would like to raise with me. I can be reached at [email protected] or on 01926 882006.