In Local News you can read about what Charlie has been doing recently. The future of the port matters to us all and the picture here shows Charlie helping to raise members for the People's Port Trust. Charlie has also been enjoying supporting Dover Athletic with daughter Charlotte and backing the Dover and Deal town Portas high street regeneration bids. From opening the new cafe at Deal station, visiting Megger to meeting Paul Hollywood to discuss what more can be done to help young apprentices, support for more local jobs and money lies at the heart of Charlie's local work.

Charlie has also been pushing to make both Dover and Deal high speed towns by lobbying for better broadband connections to help businesses thrive as well as pressing for the High Speed train to Deal to become permanent.

Also read about Charlie's various meetings and outings over the last couple of months, including a visit to K College, Sholden Parish Council, the Beer Festival, Castle Community College, Remembrance Sunday, Christian Aid lobbying, Deal Civic Service, visiting the Coastguard, meeting the local town clerks and much, much more.

Serving Dover and Deal has more on Charlie's Parliamentary work including written question links. See press cuttings section for more. Feel free to start a discussion on the Chatmap or view ElphickeTV. Follow Charlie on Twitter. Getting out and about and speaking up for Dover & Deal in Parliament are the things Charlie Elphicke most enjoys about politics.