Thanks to The Times and The Sunday Times for a great feature on the incredible impact of our new mobile phone policy📱

Read about improvements in student behaviour, concentration and engagement that have been seen across the Academy👇🏻

Damian McBeath

thetimes.co.uk/article/e00fb0…

Good to see DEFRA responding to feedback on the amount of land going into SFI actions that removed land from food production & introducing a cap. Securing the countries food supply needs to be the first priority for the department 🚜🍀

Banning phones in schools is so much bigger than improving educational outcomes. It frees kids up to have the childhood we all took for granted

My article in the The Spectator this week 👇🏻

Damian McBeath The John Wallis Church of England Academy

spectator.co.uk/article/the-ex…

Great meeting to discuss devolved rural policy with Scottish Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs Rachael Hamilton MSP Scottish Borders and CRF Welsh Chair Cllr. Aled Thomas 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧

Our team are passionate about our countryside, and the work the Conservatives are doing to protect our rural communities.

Huge thanks to all those who helped to deliver our Manifesto Launch last week!

🚨New #NextGenTalks episode 📻

James Cowling spoke to Lord Willetts, President of Resolution Foundation and author of the Pinch: How the Baby Boomers Stole Their Children's Future.

He predicted today's challenges over a decade ago. Watch below👇

youtube.com/watch?v=P_peRt…

🚜 Protesting Welsh farmers plead for Rishi Sunak's help as they attack Labour's 'war on countryside'

Samuel Kurtz MS told Express Politics: “Welsh farmers have had enough of Labour’s policies which attack the countryside.”

express.co.uk/news/politics/…

Conservative Rural Forum

This week, we launched our 2024 manifesto.

We've set out common sense ideas to build on the work the Conservatives have done to back the British countryside, our farmers, and those in the most isolated areas.

Read it here👉 bit.ly/ToryRural2024

A huge thank you to everyone who supported the launch of the Conservative Rural Forum manifesto last night 💙

✅ Some great policy ideas from Conservative Rural Forum in the manifesto they’re launching tonight.

👇 I was pleased to write the foreword, highlighting why we must stick with the plan.

#StrongEconomy #StrongEnvironment

Both Natural England and the Environment Agency have repeatedly shown that they haven’t been looking out for the best interests of rural communities👇🏻

telegraph.co.uk/politics/2024/…

Record turnout last night for Farming Minister Mark Spencer in Shropshire 🚜

Mark set out the work the Government is doing to support rural communities alongside Stuart Anderson Craig Williams and Lizzie Hacking 🐑

Regional Director, Sophie Dwerryhouse had the pleasure of attending the Conservative Rural Forum last night in Clun, with a panel of speakers including the Rt Hon Mark Spencer MP, PPC for South Shropshire Stuart Anderson & the Rt Hon Craig Williams MP hosted by Lizzie Hacking

Welsh Shadow Minister for Rural Affairs @skurtzcwsp explains how Labour’s plans will lead to the loss of thousands of rural jobs & cost farm businesses millions of pounds 👇🏼

Farming Minister Mark Spencer will be joining Craig Williams, Stuart Anderson and Lizzie Hacking for an evening of rural policy in Shropshire 🐑

For more information or to sign up to the event please contact us via the email below👇🏻

A rare non-leafleting photo with Lizzie Hacking 💙
Fab Conservative Rural Forum reception last night.

What Rwanda vote? 🤔

Thanks to everyone for attending Conservative Rural Forum members drinks sponsored by BASC this evening

New year, new… leaflets?

#VoteConservative

Team filming day with pets to substitute the children we can’t afford!