The UK is introducing a points-based immigration system from 2021.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas attended a drop-in event at the House of Commons to hear about the RSPCA’s ‘Generation Kind’ initiative which helps teach compassion to new generations and works to protect animals.

More than 50 unpaid volunteers from the Helston area enjoyed coffee, tea and cake at the first of the West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas’s 2020 Big Thank You events.

This is a big year for UK fishing and on Wednesday next week fishing industry representatives including from Newlyn gather in Westminster to discuss the key considerations that must be addressed for the industry as we leave the EU and the Commons Fisheries Policy.

This is a big year for UK fishing and on Wednesday next week fishing industry representatives including from Newlyn gather in Westminster to discuss the key considerations that must be addressed for the industry as we leave the EU and the Commons Fisheries Policy.

There is no reason or evidence to believe that the UK will suddenly turn its back on unaccompanied children when we leave the EU.

Good causes in West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly can apply for up to £20,000 of funding from one of three grant-giving trusts, funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery. For more information on how to apply, please see here.

West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas says that unaccompanied asylum-seeking children will continue to get the support they need once the UK leaves the EU.

In what is becoming an annual tradition, West Cornwall MP Derek Thomas is once again hosting a series of ‘Big Thank You’ events to celebrate the work of volunteers in the community.

This Friday, 10th January I will be in St Ives Library from 8.30 until 10am and available for anyone who wishes to raise an issue or concern with me on a one-to-one basis. On Friday, 24th the same will apply but this time in Helston Central Methodist Church.