It's been a difficult couple of years since I last published a newspaper, but a summary of some of the big issues here in Brentwood and Ongar is now available and being delivered to every house in the constituency.
Alex Burghart MP has welcomed the Conservative Government’s Autumn Budget and Spending Review, saying it will help working families in the East of England meet the cost of living, support businesses’ recovery, deliver world-class public services, and drive economic growth.
Key announcements to help
There’s a tentative sense of confidence after eighteen months of lockdown and restrictions on our lives caused by the rapid spread of various variants of COVID-19.
In the four years since I was elected to represent Brentwood and Ongar in Parliament I have received a small but steady number of emails from constituents whose loved ones need more care to enable them to live safely, either in their homes or within a care home.
The costs of doing either are never
The final step of the Government’s roadmap out of lockdown is now in place, – with social distancing and mask-wearing requirements in law ending, large events restarting, restrictions on care home visits being lifted and all businesses being allowed to fully reopen.
I am getting some correspondence
The changeable weather in Brentwood and Ongar last week seemed reflect the uncertainty on whether the country will be able to open up fully on 21 June. Some days the outlook was terrific – others it was less sunny.
It’s a year this week since the Prime Minister appeared on our TV screens to explain the UK was entering a period a lockdown to try to bring the rising rates of coronavirus infections under control.
Within days, schemes were set up by the Treasury to support businesses which had been forced to clos
The next review of the current lockdown restrictions is due this week and, here in Brentwood and Ongar, the number of coronavirus infections is falling.
More than twelve million people across the UK have now received their first vaccination against the worst effects of COVID-19, with half a million of those being fully vaccinated with the follow up dose.
At this stage of the pandemic, our scientists have deduced that prioritising first doses f
