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
The people Brentwood have form when it comes to stepping up to support children with special educational needs. Our fabulous local charity, SNAP, started with some families with children who had additional needs deciding they wanted more for their children than was then on offer.
When Brentwood Community Hospital was under threat of being closed for local services, and turned into a stroke unit, one of the side issues to come up through the consultation was the difficulties older people living in Brentwood would have – and do have – in getting to any of the other hospitals i
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
After a number of complaints from constituents across Mid and South Essex about the lack of community audiology appointments available for those who felt their hearing was beginning to deteriorate, I joined some of my fellow Conservative Essex MPs in writing to the Mid and South Essex Integrated Car
Essex Police are appealing for anyone with information that will support their investigation following the very sad discovery of a man’s body in Pilgrims Hatch.Officers were called to the scene in Lincolns Lane at about 5.45am on Wednesday 19 March where a man in his 30s was discovered.
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
