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MP column: When we say we’ll stop the boats you can bet we mean it

WORKSOP, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 17: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak takes part in a resident Q&A session at Cafe-Neo at the Priory Shopping Centre on November 17, 2023 in Worksop, England. (Photo by Peter Powell - Pool/Getty Images)

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak visits Worksop for Q&A session

Residents have been nominating Bassetlaw's best pubs

Bassetlaw's best pubs announced in MP's annual competition

Worksop town centre.

£20m more Levelling-Up cash to transform Worksop's town centre

BAssetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith spoke in the Commons this lunchtime on the collapse of Wilko

Bassetlaw MP blasts 'years of mis-management' by Wilko owners during PMQ's

Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith

Funding to help older and disabled people live independently in Bassetlaw

Queen's Buildings, Bassetlaw Council's headquarters on Potter Street, Worksop. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Worksop council reassessing some of its housing for failing RAAC concrete

Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith

Bassetlaw MP hosts third jobs fair for residents looking for employment

Brendan Clarke-Smith MP joins call for ‘Buy British’ section on supermarkets’ online store.

Bassetlaw MP joins call for ‘Buy British’ section on supermarkets’ online store

Will Quince MP, Minister of State for Department of Health and Social Care, visits Bassetlaw Hospital

Will Quince MP visits Bassetlaw Hospital

It happened at the weekend

Worksop based wire rope manufacturer celebrating multi-million pound order
A Worksop based wire rope manufacturer is celebrating the successful departure of a multi-million pound order to Brazil.

Suzy Brain England OBE and Brendan Clarke-Smith MP cutting the turf

Ceremony marks beginning of major revamp of A&E at Worksop's Bassetlaw Hospital

Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith

9 of Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith's 'finest moments'

Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw MP.

Worksop MP named in report for trying to obstruct 'partygate' probe

Partygate probe: Nadine Dorries and Jacob Rees-Mogg named in privileges committee special report

Privileges committee publishes damning report on Conservative MPs

Brendan Clarke-Smith, MP for Bassetlaw.

Worksop MP Brendan Clarke-Smith slammed for 'vile' Twitter attack

Brendan Clarke-Smith, Conservative MP for Bassetlaw. Picture: Contributed.

Where was Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith?

David Armiger, chief executive of Bassetlaw District Council, Levelling Up Minister, Dehenna Davison MP, and Bassetlaw MP, Brendan Clarke-Smith

Plan to redevelop Worksop shopping centre has 'massive potential'

Schools in Bassetlaw are set to recieve more than £2.6m in extra funding (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

More than £2.5m in extra school funding for Worksop and Bassetlaw

Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith paid a visit to Lincs & Notts Air Ambulance headquarters to hand over a cheque for £5,000

£5000 boost for Air Ambulance from Bassetlaw MP

international engineering and construction company Laing O’Rourke opened the doors to the public at its “Centre of Excellence for Modern Construction” in Worksop - Europe’s largest concrete facility. Photo L-R: Brendan Clarke-Smith MP for Bassetlaw, James Langley - General Manager, Explore Manufacturing and Leader of Bassetlaw District Council, Councillor James Naish

Europe’s largest concrete facility in Worksop opens its doors to the public

Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw MP.

Bassetlaw MP backs plan to put fans at the heart of football

Brendan Clarke-Smith, MP for Bassetlaw.

Bassetlaw MP welcomes £9 million cash boost for drug and alcohol treatment

Dr Simon Taylor and councillor Jo White led a rally outside Bassetlaw Hospital on January 27.

Dozens attend NHS demonstration outside Bassetlaw Hospital

Bassetlaw Hospital, Worksop, where the protest is set to take place.

Bassetlaw MP responds to former Army doctor's Worksop NHS protest

Pictured: Chris McGrath, project engineer of Smith Brothers, Ollie Fergusson, LMPH projects lead, MP Brendan Clarke-Smith, and George Sitwell, LMPH chief commercial officer.

New £28mil carbon capture power plant will bring energy security to Worksop

Dr Simon Taylor is to lead a protest outside Bassetlaw Hospital as he calls on MP Brendan Clarke-Smith to take action to save the NHS.

Worksop GP to lead rally outside Bassetlaw Hospital amid struggling NHS

An image showing the area in Worksop town centre where the plan focuses on.

Worksop leaders welcome £18m Levelling Up funding to regenerate town centre
Worksop is set to benefit from £18million funding to transform the town centre and encourage new visitors.

Dr Simon Taylor performed a demonstration outside MP Brendan Clarke-Smith's office on Bridge Place.

Doctor ‘resuscitates’ NHS in demonstration outside Bassetlaw MP’s office

Dr Simon Taylor began protesting outside the office of Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith earlier this week

Worksop GP protests outside Bassetlaw MP’s office in bid for action to save NHS

Residents of Whitwell and Langwith ask the Transport Secretary for help in reversing East Midlands Railway's changes to the Robin Hood Line.

Villagers' fury at cuts to train services in Whitwell and Langwith

Bassetlaw Youth Council members with Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw MP, left, on the Houses of Parliament terrace.

Budding Bassetlaw politicians take a trip to parliament

Liz Truss resigned as Conservative Party leader and Prime Minister on Thursday.

Who some of Nottinghamshire Conservative MPs are backing as next Prime Minister

The event is on Friday, October 28.

Halloween and fireworks come together for special night

Brendan Clarke-Smith MP with Nottinghamshire County Councillor Keith Girling

Worksop MP ‘thrilled’ as Bassetlaw selected to host first nuclear fusion plant

Annie Parry with Outwood Post 16's Student Voice team.

Worksop sixth form hosts event to highlight volunteering opportunities

Reverend Nicky Skipworth, vicar at All Saints' Church, is part of a committee bringing Pride to Harworth and Bircotes.

Harworth and Bircotes to host first Pride event with parade and picnic

Brendan Clarke-Smith and his wife welcomed the birth of their second son last week.

Busy week for Bassetlaw MP as new baby, new post, and new King come within hours

Bassetlaw chairman, Coun Madelaine Richardson, read the Proclamation of Accession of the new Monarch.

Members of the public gather in Worksop for local Proclamation of King Charles I...

Queen Elizabeth II passed away on Thursday. Photo credit: Stefan Wermuth/PA Wire

Local political leaders pay tribute following death of Queen Elizabeth II

Brendan Clarke-Smith enjoyed his visit to Busy Bees nursery in Celtic Point, Worksop.

Worksop nursery welcomes visit from Brendan Clarke-Smith

Simon Greaves, leader of Bassetlaw District Council.

Council leader says new bid for Levelling-Up funding could be 'transformative'

Councillor Jo White has been selected as Bassetlaw Labour's next parliamentary candidate.

Deputy council leader voted to stand as Labour’s next parliamentary candidate

Brendan Clarke-Smith MP Bassetlaw

National Kidney Charity Goes to Parliament

Brendan Clarke-Smith, Bassetlaw MP has been appointed parliamentary under-secretary of state at the Department for Education.

Brendan Clarke-Smith MP appointed new government role
Brendan Clarke-Smith is among many new appointments made by the government.

Bassetlaw District Council Leader Simon Greaves will be stepping down.

Council leader Simon Greaves stepping down from role

There will be 'no change' for patients in Bassetlaw who require hospital treatment at Bassetlaw or Doncaster Hospitals, or for those who need to receive specialist care elsewhere, for example in Sheffield, says Bassetlaw Place Based Partnership director.

Bassetlaw leaders give different views on the impact of health shake-up

Left to right: Coun Ant Coultate (Rampton), coun John Ogle (Tuxford and East Markham), Bakhtyar Pirzada (Vice Chairman, Muslim Charity), coun Gerald Bowers (Ranskill) and coun Mike Introna (Retford East) at the unveiling ceremony.

Bassetlaw to receive Platinum Jubilee benches from Muslim Charity

Prime Minister Boris Johnson survived a vote of confidence.

This is how your local MPs voted on Boris Johnson’s ballot of confidence

An image showing the area in Worksop town centre where the plan focuses on.

Plans for leisure facility in new £20m bid to regenerate Worksop town centre

Officials at the opening of the new fire station at the Vesuvius development, off Sandy Lane in Worksop.

Opening ceremony held to mark completion of Worksop's new fire station

Priti Patel's speech at Bassetlaw Conservatives spring dinner was disrupted by activists on May 6. Credit: twitter.com/GNDRising

Political activists disrupt Priti Patel's speech at Bassetlaw Conservatives meal

Every part of the UK will receive an allocation of UKSPF for the years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25 to level up their communities.

Bassetlaw leaders welcome £3,300,000 in funding to help level up the district

Brendan Clarke-Smith, MP for Bassetlaw, supports the Conservative government's plans to tackle illegal crossings over the Channel.

Bassetlaw MP supports UK plans to send thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda

The new Changing Places facility in The Canch offers an electronic hoist with full access to the whole room, a privacy screen, an adjustable height sink and more.

Bassetlaw lands £40,000 for new Changing Places toilets