Investing in Brentwood and Ongar

At The Merchant with Rick Live with PFCC Roger Hirst

I am working with businesses to boost our High Streets with investment from the Government's Levelling Up Fund.

In addition, I support the Brentwood Improvement District (BID) which is now in place to enable local shopkeepers, cafe owners, business people, residents and the local councils to work together to improve the amenity, access and enjoyability of the High Streets in Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone.

News

Ongar News: Alex Burghart MP Opens New Shop to Support Local Hospice

I was absolutely delighted to be invited to open St Clare Hospice’s latest charity shop in Ongar on Saturday 14th June. With more and more people keen to embrace recycling and sustainable fashion and homewares, the shop offers a great opportunity for the local community to support hospice care

Consultation on Plans for Anglo European School Upgrade

Two and a half years ago, I received emails from the Department for Education and the Anglo European School reporting the presence of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) in one block of the school which was being surveyed prior to a bid for funding to making improvements to the school buil

Parliamentary Business and Constituency Events

There have been some wonderful events in the constituency over the last few weekends, not least the opening of the new St Clare Hospice charity shop on Ongar High Street, and the ever-wonderful Strawberry Fair in the King George’s Playing Fields.

Student takes on NIBS Buses Over Service Concerns

I was recently contacted by a remarkable student from Becket Keys who has, over the past few months, been alerting me to issues he has experienced with the 81 NIBS bus service from Brentwood to Hutton.  The student wrote extremely compelling letters and asked me to help him arrange a meeti

Road Works in Brentwood

We have been in a position in Brentwood recently where, whichever way you turned, there were traffic lights and roadworks going on.After a number of complaints from constituents that it was taking the best part of an hour to get from King George’s Playing Fields to Pilgrims Hatch, I contacted Essex

Post Office Changes

In recent years, as High Street Banks have closed their premises in Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone, more use is being made of Post Office services to pay in money, as well as all the other assistance offered with passport applications, posting parcels and buying stamps.However, there are some

Ongar News: Alex Burghart Meets Ongar Church Leaders, and News of NIBS Buses

After a busy week in Parliament supporting my good friend and new Leader of the Opposition, Kemi Badenoch, and another trip to Northern Ireland in my role as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, it was a pleasure to spend an hour in the sun-filled St James’ Church in Marden Ash with local