Protecting Our Environment

The Lower Thames Crossing team have been in touch with news of progress at Hole Farm, the new 100-hectare multi-purpose woodland, sitting alongside the M25 at the northern end of the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.Construction of the site is nearing an end, with some of the on-site kit being removed

The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill is causing great concern for many of my constituents who, like me, want to protect the green belt around Brentwood and Ongar.The green belt is not just a series of fields and the chance to admire the view of cows and sheep grazing from the window of

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

I know we are all apprehensive when we hear about local planning applications going in nearby, or on sites that we know from old.  We are all concerned about the loss of green space, pressure on local services, and changes to the character of our much-loved towns and villages.I take these conce

On a sunny July evening, I joined a group of about fifty people gathered in a classic Essex boarded barn on Tawney Common in Stapleford Tawney.

Today [Tuesday 18 March 2025] Kemi Badenoch, Leader of the Conservative Party, announced the Policy Renewal Programme. We are living off the inheritance of previous generations. For three centuries, every era in our country’s history left a better legacy for its children. The greatnes

The future of dozens of farms and farmers, and hundreds of jobs, across the Brentwood and Ongar constituency was the focus of a major rally and parliamentary debate on Monday to show the vindictiveness of Labour’s Family Farm Tax.Despite Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Environment Secretary S

I was very pleased to join the wonderful group of Community Pride litter pickers from Moreton, Bobbingworth & The Lavers at the weekend.

I hope everyone reading this paper today had a good Christmas break, and are looking forward to all that the New Year brings.As 2025 comes into view, I will be continuing to make the case for better measures to tackle rural crime and fly-tipping and to support local farmers – many of whom are curren

The last month of 2024 has seen many of our local farmers facing a future which includes Labour’s Family Farm Tax, a change to the way in which inheritance tax on farms (which are, of course, businesses) will work as the land and assets pass from generation to generation.I have spoken to farmers who