I’ve recently visited two Brentwood-based organisations which are doing amazing work to support young people in the town and surrounding villages.DRCC Youth in Brentwood is led by Aaron Watts, an ex‑engineer who now fronts up this growing and vital youth service.
I’m a huge boxing fan – from a spectator rather than participant view – and believe it is a great sport for young people, keeping them fit, aware of their own strengths and weaknesses, and out of trouble.I was reminded recently of an interview I gave to BBC Five Live in 2017, when I was asked which
Change is underway in the way in which health services are planned and commissioned across Essex with the launch in the last week of the NHS Essex Integrated Care Board.The aim of the new organisation is to make NHS services better in Essex.
Today, Kemi Badenoch MP, Leader of the Conservative Party, launched our 2026 Local Elections Campaign with a pledge to get Britain working again.In her speech, Kemi Badenoch said:Hello everyone.
There has been a worrying decline in the mental health and wellbeing of children and young people in recent years sparked, it no small way, by the impact of the lockdowns during the Covid pandemic and the vastly increased use of smartphones and social media by young teenagers.I am proud of the previ
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
Several constituents have been in touch to raise concerns about the Government's support for a new research study that will see up to 226 children under the age of 16 being given puberty blockers to examine the impact on their physical and mental health. In her 2024 review, Baron
Spending time with like-minded politicians and activists at the annual Conservative Party Conference is a key part of my year, and none more so than this year.Since Kemi Badenoch became the leader of the Conservative Party last year, I have been part of a small team working with her on a review of a
It was a great pleasure it was to be invited to Ardtully Care Home in Ingatestone last week for a tour of the home and to have the opportunity to meet some of the residents, and enjoy a wonderful afternoon tea.Manager Merjury Clavadetscher runs the home with great warmth and passion and her and her
As children get back to nursery settings following the long summer holiday, the age old decision about whether they have a packed lunch or eat a nursery lunch needs to be made.Last year, Essex County Council Public Health commissioned ‘Nourishing our Future’, researched by Anglia Ruskin University t
