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Lovely morning speaking to residents in Harrow Weald with @BobBlackman, @paresh4change & my ward colleague @ramjichauhan. Lots of the support for the improvements being made by our Harrow Conservative Council.

Sunny morning for our street surgery in #HarrowWeald ward with Councillors @StephenGreek @ramjichauhan & activist @paresh4change @HAConservatives @HEConservatives @Conservatives

I’ve campaigned for years to make Queensbury & Canons Park stations step-free, so I’m glad they’ve made the TFL's new shortlist for step-free feasibility studies. Disappointed that Stanmore station wasn’t included, and I will continue to call for this.

Good morning out and about in #KentonEast today with @BobBlackman @NiteshHirani @paresh4change

Lord Ashcroft demands that the gallery at IWM stays open for its full term. This morning, less than a week before the 80th anniversary of VE Day, I was humbled to be invited to join the annual reunion of the members of the Victoria Cross & George Cross Association: the living recipients of Britain’s highest awards for gallantry. Knowing that it would soon close, these heroes had decided to gather at the Lord Ashcroft Gallery at the Imperial War Museum and asked me to be there to mark the occasion. I was honoured to accept. Until the Museum decided, without informing me, that it intended to close the Gallery which predominantly displays my personal collection of more than 200 VCs and GCs, which I have loaned to the IWM for the last 15 years, the Imperial War Museum had held a special place in my heart. In addition to loaning my collection of VCs and GCs, I had donated £5 million towards the cost of commissioning and maintaining the Gallery, which was opened in November 2010 by the Princess Royal. I became a Trustee of IWM, and also a Trustee of its fundraising body. Unbeknownst to me, I discovered that IWM had made an audio recording of the memories of my late father, Eric Ashcroft, recalling his part in the D-Day landings of 1944. Listening to him speak of his experience was exceptionally moving. As far as I was concerned, I was a good friend of IWM and one of its biggest supporters. After my death, I had hoped that my irreplaceable collection of VCs and GCs might be displayed permanently at the Museum. Sadly, that will now be elsewhere. This morning, observing heroes who were present in the Gallery marvelling at the exploits of heroes who are no longer with us made me determined that the Gallery stay open for the complete duration of my agreement with IWM. In other words, it should close not on May 31, but on September 30. This will enable families to visit during the school holidays, and be open for visitors to London for the 80th anniversary of VJ Day on August 15. Accordingly, I have written today to the Trustees of the Museum to ask that the full term of our agreement be respected. I am hopeful that they will agree. However, if not, I firmly intend to ask the courts to intervene. In the meantime, I trust that the Museum will not resort to any precipitation of the Gallery closure by invoking a termination of our agreement. That could not possibly be in the public interest, and it will be resisted. #LordAshcroftGallery @I_W_M

Saturday morning street surgery in sunny #KentonEast ward with local councillors @NiteshHirani @SamSumaria @Zak_Wagman #PhilipBenjamin + activists @paresh4change #Mike #Atul @Conservatives @HAConservatives @HEConservatives #ToryDoorstep

Sunny weather this morning for our #Centenary ward street surgery with councillors @GovindBharadia #DavidAshton @marilynashton4 & activists @paresh4change @yeshwanthsinghv @HEConservatives @HAConservatives @Conservatives #torydoorstep

Happy Eid Al-Fitr to all those celebrating in Harrow East and around the world!

This morning I was in #Canons Ward listening to local concerns with Councillors @Ameet_Jogia & #AmirMoshenson & #PhilipBejamin + activists @yeshwanthsinghv @paresh4change & our new resident @sapna @HAConservatives @HEConservatives @Conservatives #ToryDoorstep

To govern is to choose. Rachel Reeves has made all the wrong choices.

The emergency budget aka “spring statement” was so thin it could have been sponsored by Ozempic. And yet despite the chancellor’s smoke and mirrors, the facts are getting worse. Inflation is up. Growth is halved. Unemployment expected to rise for the next 3 years. This is chaos.

Sunday morning street surgery in #Belmont with local councillors @anjanapatel01 & @ParmarMina +activists @yeshwanthsinghv @paresh4change #MikeRaven #Nilesh & @msaikarthik @HEConservatives @HAConservatives @Conservatives #ToryDoorstep

Conservative councils deliver lower taxes and better services. On 1st May, the choice is clear.

Tomorrow, I will begin the biggest programme of policy renewal in a generation. Join me at 10.30am, here on X.

Back out for a street surgery this morning in #HarrowWeald Ward with local councillors @StephenGreek @priteshpatel00 @marilynashton4 @Zak_Wagman & activists @yeshwanthsinghv & @paresh4change #ToryDoorstep @Conservatives @HAConservatives @HEConservatives

Sunny but cold for our #KentonEast street surgery this morning with local councillors @ChetnaHalai @NiteshHirani @SamSumaria @Zak_Wagman & activist @paresh4change #ToryDoorstep @Conservatives @HEConservatives @HAConservatives

Yesterday, I wished everyone celebrating a Happy Holi in the chamber! I also advised my fellow parliamentarians attending Holi festivals to not wear business attire to truly enjoy the festival of colours!

Three quarters of Labour MPs in rural constituencies face losing their seats at the next general election. This is not a surprise. The Labour government are hammering farmers and rural communities. A total betrayal.

As part of our mission to restore pride in Harrow, we are boosting investment in Harrow's parks to £6 million. It is our ambition to achieve Green Flag accreditation for 9 local parks by 2026-27.

Excellent street surgery this morning in sunny #Centenary ward with local councillors @GovindBharadia @marilynashton4 #DavidAshton #PhilipBenjamin & activists @paresh4change @lplewinson @Conservatives @HEConservatives @HAConservatives #ToryDoorstep