Rehman Chishti is MP for Gillingham and Rainham

Wishing all celebrating Christmas a Merry Christmas and a healthy peaceful New Year. 🎄

Along with my wonderful colleague Fr Cllr Wendy Purdy delighted to visit the amazing Christmas 🤶 display in Darland Gillingham, organised by Jackie to help raise money for her grandson in aid of Muscular Dystrophy.

Thank you Jackie for all that you do in our local community.

Absolutely delighted to pop in to see Trish at the Rainham Sewing 🧵 Centre to celebrate 🥳 her 30 years as a local business.

Trish thank you for all the amazing work you do in the community.

Thank you Sue for organising the wonderful surprise visit. 👍👏

What an absolute delight to meet Emma, aka Miss Fitchett our brilliant former teacher at Napier Primary School, who has written this wonderful book on poetry that helps those with mental challenges.

Thank you also to Emma for all the amazing work in community mental health.

Congratulations to my wonderful friend @RepFrenchHill from Arkansas who has been elected Chairman of the Financial Services Committee 🇺🇸 House of Representatives.

French is one of the best financial experts I have come across, combined with his knowledge on Foreign Affairs👏

Chairman of local business MEMS in Gillingham employing over 130 employees, supporting UK from power outages/cuts.

Explains to party chairman @LordJohnson_ how Labour Gov Budget, NI Tax increases and other taxation is costing his business around £250,000 extra tax!

Thank you to Chairman @LordJohnson_ @Conservatives for visiting Gillingham & Rainham Conservstives and speaking at our annual dinner.

Your speech & engagement with party members,volunteers, councillors supporters was inspiring, & helped recruit more new members for our party.

Delighted to welcome @Conservatives party chairman @LordJohnson_ to Gillingham & Rainham & visiting dynamic local family business MEMS power generation which recently opened its new state of the art Headquarters employing over 130 people.

🙏 to Colin for welcoming us.

Delighted to call on Vice Chancellor of @CanterburyCCUni Professor Rama Thirunamachandran.

It is always a pleasure to visit the Kent and Medway Medical School, which helps train local doctors & nurses.

It was a pleasure to support this initiative during my time as MP.

Out and about in the local area great to meet Sheila and Alan.

Thank you for your kind words about my previous work as your Local MP.

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A special Thank you to the wonderful Sue from Huebscher Tailoring 🧵 in Rainham.

Within days Sue was able to help with Alessandra’s wedding dress. Sue you are just the best. 👍

Always a pleasure to pop in and see you Sue. Thank you again.

#smallbusinesssaturday

#SmallBusinessSaturday

Here in Gillingham & Rainham were lucky enough to have a huge range of small businesses

Wonderful to meet some of them recently

North Kent Heating Gillingham
Huebscher Tailoring Rainham
Oceans Green Dry Cleaning Gillingham
Nutmegs Patisserie Rainham

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Great to attend the excellent book launch for Tom Brown “The Mind of the Minister”

I have to say i had a brilliant team of officials, as a Foreign Office Minister, covering North America,Sanctions & Consular Policy

Together we made real progress on key areas such as sanctions

Thank you Oklahoma for another wonderful visit for me, and an amazing first visit for Alessandra, great state amazing people with a big heart.🙏

Always special visiting Economics Department @OUeconomics @UofOklahoma and lecturing great department,University, staff & students.

A wonderful day 🥾 hiking in Oklahoma USA with wonderful colleagues from the Economics Department at the University of Oklahoma a beautiful state with amazing natural beauty.

Thank you Mr Governor @GovStitt of Oklahoma & First Lady Sarah and your family for welcoming Alessandara and I to your residence.

It was an absolute honour.

Thank you for all the amazing work you do in enhancing the special relationship between Oklahoma 🇺🇸 & 🇬🇧.

After a wonderful weekend seeing the Sooners Win.

Good to back in the classroom covering Microeconomics comparing and contrasting 🇬🇧 & 🇺🇸 budget spending.

@UofOklahoma @OUeconomics

The excitement builds ahead of Sooners match against Alabama!

Go Boomer Sooner 👍👍

Sports is brilliant at bringing people together even across party lines!!! 😃

My prediction OU Sooners 24 Alabama 20! I think the underdogs will have it today.

Great to be out with Greg & Sam and the brilliant team of volunteers supporting the @UofOklahoma Food Pantry ahead of the game against Alabama.

Terrific support so far, still time to come and get your face painted!

#BoomerSooner

Wonderful to be back @OUeconomics Department @UofOklahoma 🇺🇸 great department fantastic university amazing students.

Great to speak to the brilliant Econ Club, covering U.K - USA Special Relationship, Trade, Security, Foreign Policy & Leadership Skills.

What a turn out!👍🙏

Good to wrap up a busy day in the constituency by dropping in to Chloe’s 30th Birthday 🎁 Party just now & wishing her a very Happy Birthday.

Thank you to the brilliant former @TheGillsFC captain John Egan for his kind words “ Rehman is a great guy, who works hard for his community”.

Thank you Twydall for a terrific response out on the door-steps today. 🙏 👍

Thank you Peter for your support and kind words about my work as a hard working local MP.

It was a pleasure to meet you too.

Great session out on the door-steps meeting local residents.

Terrific response. 🙏

As I said in my acceptance speech on election 🗳️ night a candidate is only as good as the team around him, I have a great team in G & R. 👍

As the local MP & Gills fan it was a real pleasure to welcome Chancellor @George_Osborne to Priestfield in 2011.

It was terrific to have then Gills legend & Manager Andy Hessenthaler present him with a Gills shirt.

It was great working with the club to open its Gills FC School.

Labour run Medway Council ROAD TRAFFIC CHAOS.

Close some roads, keep some open, M2 closed. No coordination proper planning. NO PLAN.

If this is how Labour plan to run the country god help us all.

Have asked leader of Labour run Medway Council to get his act together.

Great to welcome chairman of the @Conservatives @RicHolden MP to Gillingham & Rainham earlier and meet local residents out on the door steps.

Terrific response, thank you 🙏

Great to deliver our latest newsletter “people” magazine.

🙏 as always to our brilliant local team.

Great to see the Strand Gillingham swimming pool/ Lido opening tomorrow.

It was terrific to see former conservative council install new pumps.

I had previously had CCTV cameras installed in strand.

Very disappointed Medway Labour Council have CANCELLED FREE Swimming

As a General Election has been called for 4th July here is my 6 point plan, which has previously been delivered to every house in Gillingham & Rainham.

This covers £31 million investment in local Health Services since 2010 and campaign for a New Hospital for Medway.

Welcome back to a wonderful colleague @cmackinlay an inspiration to all on determination courage and self belief! #nevergiveup

Behind the scenes my draft PMQ !

Linked to previous @ConHome article on supporting local universities/ international students.

Always try to keep it to approx 1 min long!

Brevity is a virtue not a vice! I learnt as a young barrister.

Final thoughts prep before trying to catch the speakers eye at PMQ.

My Q on Contaminated Blood🩸 Statement to Minister.

Noting real challenges faced by my constituent Mr Midgeley from Rainham in getting help.

I read out correspondence from his family in 2015,their experience.

Asked Minister to ensure compensation is easily given & quickly.

Previous Joint Article with VC Prof Harrington @UniofGreenwich in 2022.

Government must be very careful how it applies it’s “Best & Brightest test”

That it does not cut student numbers to excellent universities which are not Russell Group.

We have 3 universities in medway.

I welcome Sir Brian’s report published today & PM statement compensation to families must be delivered quickly as I previously stated, and voted for.

Re sharing joint article in @ConHome with Professor Harrington VC @UniofGreenwich

International students should not be counted in migration figures

🇬🇧HE exports bring £37 billion to our economy

https://conservativehome.com/2022/12/07/rehman-chishti-and-jane-harrington-the-government-is-wrong-to-attempt-to-cut-international-student-numbers/

Delighted to open its Food nutrition centre in Medway.

A real pleasure to attend the Hempstead Village summer Fayre. A terrific community event.

Thank you to all the organisers/ volunteers/stall holders for any great event. 👍

Great to meet young Alex earlier in the constituency & hear about his apprenticeship.

#Apprenticeships #GRBusinesses

In Gillingham & Rainham, since 2010/11, there have been 9,460 apprenticeships.

Providing good skills/jobs to local residents is a key priority for me.

Great to be out with members of the local G & R @Conservatives team delivering our special leaflet for pensioners.

Since 2010 state pension has gone up by £3700

The conservative Government introduced & protected the triple lock.

Providing financial security for our pensioners.