I HAVE been following the story surrounding the departure of Gwent Police’s Chief Constable with much concern.

When the PCC role was created its job was to offer the public a chance to hold the police to account, by electing an official who could scrutinise it at the highest level.

But I am most worried that until the Argus’s story on Carmel Napier’s resignation, we were unable to hold the PCC’s decisionmaking up to scrutiny, let alone account.

It took a leak to discover just a portion of the truth behind this story, a story that was being swept under the carpet.

Instead of stability at the top, we now have concerns about how Gwent Police are being run and even the role of the PCC.

Talking to members of the police, there is clearly still more to this story.

I now hope in the weeks to come this very expensive and time-consuming course of action will receive the attention the public deserve.

Another Gwent story that continues to deserve attention is the campaign for justice in Operation Jasmine.

I’ve met with several of my Gwent MP colleagues, who are all on board to push for a public inquiry.

With television, radio and print making sure the neglect suffered in these care homes has not gone unseen, we now need to do more.

In Westminster I’mcampaigning with Age UK and former Islwyn MP Lord Touhig to introduce corporate safeguarding into the current Care Bill.

This would hold care home owners up to a high standard and make them legally responsible for the care given by their staff.

InWales, the Welsh Government is already offering stronger safeguarding laws involving public bodies, but we need to be bolder. These families were denied their day when the Dr Das court case collapsed, and a public inquiry would go a long way to righting that wrong.

Last but not least, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who took part in the Move on Up campaign for 2013.

We asked commuters on the trainline from EbbwVale about what they wanted from their service and improvements to look at in future.

Train frequency was a massive issue, with nearly 90% of people questioned backing my call for the redoubling of sections of the track – which would give the line the freedom to run more trains.

I’ll be taking all that on board in the months to come, in the push to give our area the best infrastructures and thus the best chance at a good future.