The Leader of Essex County Council, Councillor Kevin Bentley, has this week written to the Minister for Local Government Alison McGovern, MP to confirm the Council will not be requesting Essex County Council elections scheduled for May 2026 are postponed.In 2024, the Labour Government delayed l
On Small Business Saturday it is good to hear the Brentwood Business improvement District covering the High Streets of Brentwood, Ingatestone and Shenfield is getting some more Town Rangers to help keep our High Streets safe and happy.
Last week’s Autumn Budget statement from the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, has proved to be the worst of all worlds for hard-working people, business, hospitality and growth.I visited two local businesses on Friday – McDonald’s in Brentwood and FourEighty in Shenfield – to hear their thoughts on the im
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
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
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
