North Weald

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

Joint Statement from Dr Neil Hudson MP (Epping Forest) and Alex Burghart MP (Brentwood and Ongar)The situation regarding the use of asylum hotels in Epping Forest District has become increasingly alarming and distressing in recent days.

I was delighted to be invited to a recent phone call with our local MPs and members of the Essex Police leadership team.

I hold regular meetings with the Police Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex, Roger Hirst, and the team policing Brentwood and Ongar for Essex Police, so it was good to hear from out District Commander, Chief Inspector Terry Fisher, recently with news of the new Brentwood Neighbourhood Policing Tea

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

Essex County Council has today confirmed elections for county councillors, due in May, will not take place this year after the Government accepted the Council's application to the Devolution Priority Programme.I am against the postponement of these important elections and will making this clear to t

My Friday visits in the constituency have resumed after the Christmas and New Year break, and I was busy in and around North Weald, Hastingwood, Ingatestone and Brentwood on Friday last week.St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood is just outside my constituency but provides excellent end of life care and s

There are dozens of Christmas services, carol concerts and other events taking place in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency over the festive period.

Local businesses across Brentwood and Ongar need customer support more than ever following the introduction of Labour’s National Insurance Jobs Tax.I've already heard from local businesses who fear they may not survive the Labour Government's Autumn Budget announcements, including rising Employer Na

Although the worst weather arising from this weekend's predicted Storm Daragh will be in the west of the UK, UK Power Networks (UKPN) has some sensible advice about power cuts if the strong winds head east.UKPN manages the local power lines and substations which distribute electricity to over 8.5m h