Matthew Offord: Ministers must go further to make the ‘Blue Belt’ a reality

The current rules blur the line between fishing waters and properly-protected areas, and our Overseas Territories need more support.

Matthew Offord: The UK’s work on protecting the oceans has won deserved praise – now we must go further

The Blue Belt policy of working with UK Overseas Territories to “create the largest marine sanctuaries anywhere in the world” is succeeding.

Matthew Offord: Enough sychophants. Enough time-servers. Enough of this CCHQ farce. Why I am standing for the Party Board.

Many of us were denied access to VoteSource, literature and printing resources – and we all had to wait for ever for CCHQ to ‘approve’ any and every statement printed.

Matthew Offord MP and John Stevenson MP: Step up to the plate for the Party, Boris – and run in Clacton

There have been doubts over the Mayor’s suitability as a potential future leader of the Party. Fighting the by-election could change that.