Network Rail has been in touch to let us know the £46m project work to replace the entire overhead wiring system and structures on the railway between Southend Victoria and Shenfield is expected to finish sooner than originally planned, in response to customer feedback. Full details below:

Great news this week from the Association of South Essex Local Authorities (ASELA), which includes Brentwood Borough Council, for those of us still struggling to get faster broadband speeds - a successful bid to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport means £4.5 million being made av

Alex Burghart, MP for Brentwood and Ongar, has joined MPs across the UK in supporting a national recruitment campaign from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), to address the 110,000 vacancies in adult social care across England.

UK Power Networks, who are responsible for getting electricity from the power stations to our homes, have provided some timely information about what to do if your power supply is affected by the incoming Storm Erik this weekend:

Further to my previous updates on my support for those concerned about the future of their local libraries in Shenfield, North Weald and Ingatestone following the launch of Essex County Council's LIbrary Services Consultation, I have written to Essex County Council Leader, Cllr David Finch, and t

Brentwood Borough Council has published its Pre-Submission Local Development Plan this week for a six-week consultation until 5pm on Tuesday 19th March 2019.

I know that there are many good causes in my constituency that would love a cash boost for a specific project, and the People's Postcode Lottery has been touch to ask me to let you know they are currently encouraging local charities and good causes to apply for over £3million of funding that has

Openreach have been in touch to say they are looking for new recruits to help strengthen its engineering team which builds and maintains its internet and broadband provision to more than 30 million homes and business

Sixth form Politics students from across Brentwood have showed off their debating skills in a mock-Parliamentary debate hosted by Brentwood and Ongar MP, Alex Burghart, at Brentwood County High School.

New figures in from Ofcom suggest as many as two in five households in the East of England could switch to faster broadband.