Warley

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

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 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 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

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

Planning Consent has been given to National Highways to go ahead with the Lower Thames Crossing, which aims to reduce congestion on the M25 at the Dartford Crossing.

One of the key responsibilities of a Member of Parliament is to bring the concerns of constituents to the attention of relevant Government Ministers.

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