By Jess Brown-Fuller MP Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking to attendees of the Last Friday Club, a network of local small businesses and entrepreneurs who meet each month at Rume2 on Crane Street in the city centre. This free group has been supporting freelancers since 2016, and it was great to hear from the people at the heart of business about both the huge potential they have for growth and the challenges they face. Jess with local business leaders at the Last Fri

Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, Jess Brown-Fuller, is calling on the government to stop neglecting Britain’s farmers and to take urgent action to safeguard the future of rural communities, as MPs celebrate the National Farmers Union’s (NFU) Back British Farming Day. The party is demanding a full package of support, including scrapping the unfair Family Farm Tax, restoring Defra funding for Young Farmers’ Clubs, and introducing mandatory country-of-origin labelling on al

Liberal Democrat MP for Chichester, Jess Brown-Fuller, has secured a public commitment from the Secretary of State for Health during Health and Social Care Questions in the House of Commons, in support of the nation’s unpaid carers. Jess speaking in Parliament The intervention comes on the same day that carers across the country launched a powerful “protest from home” alongside the Carers Trust. Their faces were projected on large screens in Parliament Square – a moving displ

Jess Brown-Fuller MP has encouraged local businesses across Chichester constituency to respond to the Business and Trade Committee’s Small Business Strategy inquiry. The inquiry has been launched following the government’s announcement at the Autumn Budget in 2024 that it intends to publish a Small Business Strategy to set out its vision on how it will support small businesses, particularly those on our high streets. The aim of the inquiry is to develop recommendations for

This comes as energy regulator Ofgem has this week confirmed that the price cap for energy bills is set to rise a further 6.4% from April, the third consecutive quarter where prices have risen.