Hospice and Heads - Getting Around the Constituency Wednesday, 15 January, 2025 My Friday visits in the constituency have resumed after the Christmas and New Year break, and I was busy in and around North Weald, Hastingwood, Ingatestone and Brentwood on Friday last week. St Clare Hospice in Hastingwood is just outside my constituency but provides excellent end of life care and support for patients with life limiting illnesses when they need some extra care in difficult times... Articles
Litter Picking 14th January 2025 I was very pleased to join the wonderful group of Community Pride litter pickers from Moreton, Bobbingworth & The Lavers at the weekend. We managed to fill... Local News
Delivering Social Care 6th January 2025 The way in which we support older and more vulnerable people in our community, and the social care which is available to them is an issue which has been growing... Articles
East of England Ambulance Service Urges Public to Choose Wisely As Demand Increases 6th January 2025 The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) has been in touch to ask us all to think carefully about using 999 while the health system is... Local News
Cheers to the New Year 1st January 2025 I hope everyone reading this paper today had a good Christmas break, and are looking forward to all that the New Year brings. As 2025 comes into view, I will be... Articles
The Flying Past of a Political Year With Many Steps 23rd December 2024 How can it be that 2024 is coming to an end? The political year has flown past, sped on its way by local elections, a General Election, and a leadership contest... Articles
Ongar News: Another Interesting Year in Politics 23rd December 2024 The last month of 2024 has seen many of our local farmers facing a future which includes Labour’s Family Farm Tax, a change to the way in which inheritance tax... Articles
Christmas Carol Services and Concerts in Brentwood and Ongar 2024 19th December 2024 There are dozens of Christmas services, carol concerts and other events taking place in the Brentwood and Ongar constituency over the festive period. Sawyers... Local News
Getting Our Postal Service Sorted 18th December 2024 On the day Royal Mail was fined £10.5m by Ofcom for not meeting its post delivery targets for the second year running, and just a few days before the Government... Articles
Support Brentwood and Ongar's Small Businesses 11th December 2024 Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy here in my Brentwood and Ongar constituency – the very essence of entrepreneurialism, creating jobs and local... Articles