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This week's headlines:
This week in Westminster
• Launching my report on the role of financial services in achieving levelling up
• Sitting down with the Chancellor to discuss Hitchin & Harpenden’s priorities from the Autumn Statement
• Discussing the UK’s energy security challenges at a global energy conference
• Joining the Chair of the North Sea Transition Authority to discuss UK energy security
• Speaking at a roundtable breakfast on solar energy policy
• Meeting with small business owners at an industry reception
• Scrutinising national security measures in a Delegated Legislation Committee
Action & news from Hitchin & Harpenden
• Paying tribute to those who gave their lives in defence of our country
• Cost of living payments for 6,000 families in Hitchin & Harpenden
• Speaking with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to discuss the campaign for new cancer and children’s hospitals for the East of England
• Giving a talk on energy security, the international economy and more
• North Hertfordshire Local Plan passed by District Council
• Boundary Commission publishes revised proposals for new Parliamentary Constituencies
• WATCH: My speech at the Lyndhurst Financial Management Conference in Harpenden
Bim in the press
• Hitchin MP Bim Afolami urges council to reconsider plans to move bin collections from every 14 days to three weeks amid fears over increased fly-tipping – Hitchin Nub News
• MPs call on govt needs to 'level up' financial services – Financial Times
• COMMENT: If we are to make Brexit a success, our regulators need proper scrutiny – Telegraph