In today's column for the Times of Tunbridge Wells, Greg outlines the moral case for helping Afghans fleeing the Taliban and what measures are being taken to support them.

The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government visited Tunbridge Wells Today.

Greg has welcomed the combined efforts of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council and the Environment Agency in setting up the Five Oak Green Flood Resilience Scheme.

Following the disruption of the Covid-19 pandemic, Greg uses his column in the Times of Tunbridge Wells to welcome the return of sport and to call for greater investment in local sporting facilities in order to support local clubs and boost participation. 

Kent’s experience of Covid-19 will be forever commemorated after a group of Speldhurst volunteers took up the call to contribute to the Parliamentary Coronavirus Memorial Quilt project.

Greg officially opened the new premises of the Paddock Wood-based company Totally Natural Solutions today.

At 6,500 square feet, the warehouse will allow the company - which specialises in producing concentrated hop extract - to increase its headcount to 30.

The Minister of State for Regional Growth and Local Government, Luke Hall, confirmed that he has written to Urbaser to ask them to outline in detail how they plan to improve their waste collection service in Tunbridge Wells after Greg met with him to discuss constituents' concerns about the servi

Greg met with frontline workers from a range of sectors and organisations including the NHS, care homes, waste collection, Sainsbury's and many local charities today, to thank them for their heroic efforts to deliver services and keep people safe during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Speaking in the House of Commons today, Greg called for the Local Government Secretary’s intervention to ensure local waste contractor, Urbaser, provide the service residents rightly expect.

Greg enjoyed meeting local artists – Anne Wagstaff, Wendy Rainthorpe and Linda Palmer – at Dodhurst Farmshouse Studio which is taking part in the 2021 South East Open Studios.

Greg commented: