West Horndon

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

As the Parliamentary session draws to a close this week, there is a chance to look back on the year.The Government’s Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which threatens to ride roughshod over the views of local people when it comes to maintaining our green belt and listening to concerns about water su

I have long campaigned for the preservation of our greenbelt. Whilst I know that some housebuilding is inevitable, it is extremely important that largescale building does not lead to London expanding indefinitely into the countryside.

National Grid have, as expected applied for planning permission to build massive pylons from Norwich to Tilbury.The Planning Inspectorate now has up to 28 days to decide whether to accept the application.

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

The latest consultation into the proposed line of massive pylons National Grid want to install between Norwich and Tilbury - including parts of Ingatestone, Havering's Grove and West Horndon - is now open and opinions are being sought until 11:59 pm Thursday 27 March 2025.National Grid have sent me