Ongar and Villages

So, we now know the two people who are in contention for the leadership of the Conservative Party, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, one of whom will become the UK’s Prime Minister in September.

Congratulations and thanks to all those involved in the Platinum Jubilee festivities across the Borough of Brentwood over the long June Bank Holiday weekend, from fireworks at Ingatestone to a party for residents and businesses in Shenfield - with Crown Street in Brentwood a hotspot of cel

What a happy and glorious Bank Holiday weekend celebrating Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee marking 70 years of her reign. I know many of you travelled to London to watch, and even take part in, the Queen’s Birthday Parade, the Service of Thanksgiving, the Party at the Palace and the Platin

I spend a considerable amount of time each year dealing with issues raised by constituents which fall under the responsibility of Essex County Council.

It was good to get back to Ongar after a busy three days talking about skills and apprenticeships at the Conservative Party Conference as part of my new brief as a Junior Minister in the Department of Education.

Over the summer I have been able to get out and about across the Brentwood and Ongar constituency to start meeting people face to face again for the first time in more than a year. I’ve been able to spend time with local farmers, who were trying to make what their could of the disappointing weather

6,500 homes and businesses across rural parts of Essex are set to be upgraded to lightning-fast gigabit broadband as part of the Government’s Project Gigabit programme. Millions of people in rural England will get access to the fastest broadband speeds on the market as part of a £5 billion plan to

As children break up for the summer holidays, and the weather, occasionally, brightens up to toast us and our gardens, thoughts turn to travel and time away from home. You might have a holiday abroad booked and are waiting with bated breath to see if you can get away without being pinged,

  After more than a year of restrictions on getting out and about to visit people and places across the Brentwood and Ongar constituency, it was a pleasure to spend time in Ongar last week meeting some of the people who keep the town, and its activities, running. I caught up with representati

Written for the Ongar News While High Streets across the country are struggling to recover from the double whammy of the coronavirus pandemic and the disappearance of many well-known chains – Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Laura Ashley, Edinburgh Woollen Mill – it is heartening to see Ongar High Stree