Cost of Living Support

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To help British families with the cost of living, we're providing £37bn of support to help people through these challenging times.

The Conservative Government is also committed to halve inflation this year to ease the cost of living and give people financial security, and grow the economy, creating better-paid jobs and opportunity right across the country.

 

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Rishi Sunak MP: Budget 2024 Response

Madam Deputy Speaker, on the day he took office, the Prime Minister said he wanted to restore trust to British politics “with actions, not words”. Well today, his actions speak for themselves. With a Budget that contains broken promise after broken promise. And reveals the simple trut

Finding New Space for the Brentwood Foodbank

The Conference recess, which takes place at this time of year to enable the political party conferences to be held up and down the country, offers a good opportunity to get out and about in Brentwood and Ongar.In the coming days I’ll be posting pictures and information about my conversation with the

Supporting Pensioners Against Labour's Cruel Winter Fuel Payment Cut

I will this afternoon vote against Labour’s plan to cut winter fuel payments for pensioners in Brentwood and Ongar after the Conservatives forced a Labour u-turn on holding a vote in Parliament. Under Labour's original plan to axe the payments for more than 10 million older people across the countr

Back to School and Parliament

The last week has seen children return to school and Parliamentarians return to Westminster after the summer break. There have been some (positive) changes for schools locally. Ingatestone Infants and Juniors go back to the same schools but now under Academy status, and I wish the staff and pu

Labour's Winter Fuel Payment Withdrawal "Deeply Dishonest"

While the summer has been mostly quiet, with Members of Parliament setting up their offices again after July’s General Election and catching up on constituency casework and visits, one of the Labour Government’s first actions - to scrap the Winter Fuel Payment for millions of pensioners &n

Budget Preparation

In recent weeks I have been knocking on doors in some of Brentwood and Ongar’s villages, chatting to local residents about the issues which matter to them.

Recognising the Citizen Advice Bureau's Excellent Work in Brentwood

I receive thousands of emails each year from constituents, some wishing to make known their views on Government policy, some wishing to bring my attention to issues being highlighted by a charity or a lobbying organisation, and some asking me for my help in dealing with difficult personal problems.