Jess Brown-Fuller MP honours veterans in Chichester on Remembrance Sunday.

Jess Brown-Fuller has called on the railways to get a grip in the face of extreme weather, which is leading to delayed and cancelled services. This follows a summer in which temperatures of 30°C or above were recorded on 40 days. Jess raised the impact of this extreme heat on her constituents during a parliamentary debate on the impact of extreme weather on trains. She discussed the experiences of those travelling to work in Chichester from Bognor Regis and Portsmouth, who

MP for Chichester attends People's Emergency Briefing

MP for Chichester Jess Brown-Fuller has criticised the Government’s Budget this week, arguing that it does not go far enough to support households and businesses in Chichester. Jess also criticised the Government for doing too little to support young people who are out of work, set out a clear path for defence funding or supercharge economic growth. The Budget was delivered on Wednesday and included a number of limited support measures, including £100 for most households to

MP for Chichester Jess Brown-Fuller used a Government announcement on homelessness to call for greater local support for services such as Stonepillow’s Day Hubs. She stated that programmes focused solely on crisis management do not address the root causes of many of the issues faced by people experiencing homelessness. On Monday, the Government announced an increase in funding to help get people experiencing homelessness off the streets by Christmas, following one of Andy B

As I write this week's column, the focus is to the mid-week moment, when the new Chancellor will deliver his first budget under a new Prime Minister, and individuals and businesses across the Chichester constituency wait to see what the consequences will be. The Liberal Democrats are calling for the budget to be a 'breathing space budget', funded in part by a windfall tax on the profits of banks. Measures would include a reduction in VAT for hospitality venues, a drop in th

Chichester MP Jess Brown-Fuller has called on the Government to provide greater support for community policing, following a series of concerning incidents of anti-social behaviour in the city. Jess secured a debate in Parliament to highlight the challenges facing police officers in Chichester and the urgent need to tackle issues affecting local residents, particularly anti-social behaviour. During the debate, Jess raised concerns about the lack of visible policing in local co

Jess Brown-Fuller, Member of Parliament for Chichester, has raised Royal Mail’s underperformance in Selsey during a Westminster Hall debate. In an intervention, Jess explained that she wrote to Royal Mail after reports that ‘almost no mail’ was being delivered to addresses in Selsey, with residents being asked instead to collect their letters from the local sorting office. Jess said that, in its response to her letter, Royal Mail stated that it ‘prioritise[s] medical letters’

Yesterday I wrote to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to express my deep concerns about the proposed sales of two local Co-ops in our community. The Co-op Westbourne/Credit: Jean Porter The Parade, East Wittering and The Square, Westbourne have both been earmarked for sale as part of a package of closures offered to by the Co-op Group, to address the CMA's competition concerns, following its acquisition of Southern Co-op earlier this year. But while the CMA has pro

Jess Brown-Fuller MP responds to the recent incident by a case member at Chichester Festival Theatre and says more must be done to tackle anti-social behaviour.

Jess Brown-Fuller MP invites primary school aged children to enter her Christmas card competition.

On Thursday 8th October, Jess Brown-Fuller, MP for Chichester, visited St Joseph’s CE Junior School in Chichester to join Chichester Children’s BookFest Patron, historical author and comedian Iszi Lawrence, for a school visit. Iszi gave a talk to pupils and presented each child with a signed copy of her historical fiction book, The Doomsday Cows. After the session, Jess took part in a Q&A with the school’s student ambassadors, answering questions about her work as an MP, her

Jess Brown-Fuller, MP for Chichester, has written to the Prime Minister urging him to change course on the Government’s decision not to compensate WASPI women, on behalf of an estimated 7,300 constituents affected by the changes to the State Pension age. In her letter, Jess reminds the Prime Minister that during the Makerfield by-election he personally assured WASPI campaigners that addressing this injustice was a priority for him, and asks him to make good on that commitment

On Friday 9th October, Jess Brown-Fuller, Member of Parliament for Chichester, held a constituency advice surgery at the New Park Centre in Chichester, meeting with residents from across the city to hear their concerns first hand. Those who attended raised matters including access to local employment opportunities, parking provision in the city, and issues involving pensions. The event gave residents the chance to speak directly with their MP about the issues affecting them m

Last week, I invited a group of parents and carers of children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), to meet with Councillor Sam Raby, West Sussex County Council’s new Cabinet Member for Children and Young People. The event was a listening session to hear directly from families navigating a SEND system which too often feels exhausting, complex and adversarial. I am incredibly grateful to the parents who shared their experiences with us both and spoke honest

Jess Brown-Fuller, MP for Chichester, visited the River Lavant to meet volunteer citizen scientists and staff from the Western Sussex Rivers Trust, who monitor water quality in the river downstream of Southern Water's Lavant Wastewater Treatment Works. During the visit, Jess heard from the Trust about its ongoing monitoring of phosphate levels in the river, and how poor water quality in this stretch is linked to effluent released from the Lavant Wastewater Treatment Works, wh

Jess talking with a Constituent in Nutbourne On Wednesday 7th October, Jess Brown-Fuller held a constituency advice surgery at St. Wilfrid's Church Hall, meeting with residents from Nutbourne, Hambrook, and across the wider Harbour Villages area to discuss their concerns. Local residents raised matters including issues involving pensions, accessibility of transport infrastructure, and concerns about road safety. The event gave residents the chance to speak with their MP one-

In our rear view we can still see the effects of the scorching summer temperatures, but as the seasons begin to change, I have been looking ahead to what could be an exceptionally wet winter, exacerbated by the emergence of the ‘Super El Niño’. Caused by unusually warm sea surface temperatures across the Pacific Ocean, this phenomenon disrupts weather systems around the world and could be one of the strongest on record. Whilst no single weather event can be predicted with cer

Jess Brown-Fuller MP has written to all major mobile network providers to share the results of her recent survey on connectivity in Chichester city centre, which received more than 800 responses from local residents and businesses. The survey forms part of Jess' ongoing campaign to improve mobile connectivity across the constituency, gathering first-hand evidence of the challenges poor signal is causing for those who live, work and visit the city. The results revealed widespr