Monday, 20 May  Week starts at the Department of Education to meet the Schools Minister.  I am leading a delegation of Essex MPs who are concerned.  In the aftermath of the last financial crisis the vast amount of school funding was protected from cuts, but not all.  Now there is going to be a fu

Staff and work coaches at Chelmsford Job Centre Plus were praised by a senior government minister during a visit to Chelmsford last week.  The Minister of State for Employment, Alok Sharma MP, had been invited by Chelmsford’s MP, Vicky Ford.  They met with the Job Centre management team, work coa

Funding for Essex schools was the subject of a major meeting of the county’s MPs in Westminster this week.   The vast majority of schools in Essex are ranked “Good” or “Outstanding” but many of them are facing increased funding challenges.    Chelmsford’s MP, Vicky Ford led a delegation of eight

Monday 13 May  Week starts in Ireland where I am representing the UK at the British Irish Parliamentary Assembly.  This brings together elected members from the Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish devolved governments as well as UK and Irish MPs.  We spend the morning discussing climate change and

The charity Ovarian Cancer Action handed out 33,000 white roses with symptoms cards attached on World Ovarian Cancer Day to raise awareness of ovarian cancer and its symptoms, a disease that kills a woman in the UK every two hours.

Over the past two years I have been contacted by a number of Chelmsford constituents with diabetes wanting to be able to use state of the art continuous glucose monitors “FreeStyle Libre Monitors”.

Tuesday 7 May  As Monday was a bank holiday we start our week on Tuesday but follow “Monday hours”.This means that is there is to be a vote Westminster and we will sit until 10pm.  My week starts in the second debating chamber called Westminster Hall, where I help the Foreign Office Minister with

Chelmsford’s MP brought together children’s charities from all across the UK to secure better support for vulnerable 16 and 17-year-olds.  

Vicky Ford, is celebrating £8,854,144 of National Lottery funding being awarded to community projects across the constituency. The money, raised by players for good causes, is being distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK.

Easter weekend was beautiful.  I enjoyed the Good Friday service in the High Street, watching Essex playing Cricket with my family and knocking on doors all across Chelmsford.