My Friday constituency visits were delayed last week as I spent the breakfast hours doing the media round, dealing with the breaking news that sacked US ambassador, Peter Mandelson, had failed security vetting but had still been appointed to the role, which allowed him access to top secret Governmen
NEW analysis has found that under plans set out by the Conservative Party families in Brentwood and Ongar could save £15,250 when moving house.Housing has become unaffordable for many, including large numbers of young people, hoping to get a foot on the housing ladder.
The Brentwood Business Improvement District has been running for two and a half years now, so it was good to catch up recently with the Chair of Brentwood Connected, Kaye Thurgood, to hear about what has been done to support the businesses and business people of Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone.
It was excellent to see so many Essex Members of Parliament, Borough District and County Councillors and candidates for the May local elections gathering at Hutton Hall on Friday for the launch of the Conservatives’ Essex election campaign, presided over by my party’s leader, and Leader of His Majes
The nature of Parliament means that I don’t get to go the theatre as much as I would like to so I was very pleased to have the opportunity to pop in to Brentwood Theatre last week to hear about the work that our excellent community theatre is up to.Jake Bedson is now Brentwood Theatre’s manager, and
The next Conservative Government will restore visible policing and clear consequences for the anti-social behaviour and street disorder that are making too many communities feel unsafe. As a result Essex police would benefit from 303 new police officers, delivering law and order with stronger p
In the last couple of weeks I have visited Kelvedon Hatch Primary School and Brentwood Town Football Club, to meet young students and some of our local footballers.The Kelvedon Hatch Primary School pupils showed me some of the activities they do, including within a forest school environment where li
I recently visited Ian and Nina Boyd at The Rising Sun in Brentwood to hear first-hand about the challenges they are facing as a business.Since taking over the pub in 2020, costs have soared.
6th January 2026In a further update on this year local council elections, the Rt Hon Steve Reed OBE MP, Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has written this week to Council Leaders to confirm which elections are going ahead and which are being postponed.As planned, it h
Users of the multi-storey car park on Coptfold Road in Brentwood will have seen – from height – the building work which is going on to refurbish and update the former United Reform Church building on the other side of the green.There’s been a church of one kind or another on this site for more than
