Kemi Badenoch Wins Leader Election Saturday, 2 November, 2024 Kemi Badenoch was unveiled as the new Conservative leader this morning on a historic day for the party. In the tightest Conservative leadership race since the modern system was introduced, it was Kemi Badenoch who did enough. Having woken up as shadow housing secretary, she was declared the new Tory leader by lunchtime. Badenoch won 53,806 votes from the Tory faithful (56.5 per cent), while... Articles
Conservative Candidates Announced 29th March 2021 Candidates for Local elections May 6th 2021 are announced: Download: Local News
March In Touch 2021 10th March 2021 Our March edition of In Touch is available to download now. Local News
Financial Transparency at UDC 26th February 2021 Financial transparency, it used to be a necessity. Public, and indeed private bodies, are required to publish their accounts and financial transactions. For... Local News
New Measures and Enforcement Rules 10th February 2021 We are introducing tough new measures and enforcement rules for people travelling to the UK to prevent importing new variants from abroad. Currently, passengers... Reports
Grants available to help Essex residents self-isolate 11th January 2021 Grants available to help Essex residents self-isolate Essex County Council is providing extra funding to city, districts and boroughs in the county to help... Local News
New Support for Businesses 5th January 2021 New support for businesses Throughout this crisis, our economic priority remains the same: to protect jobs. We have already set out our economic package of... Westminster News
National Lockdown Announcement 5th January 2021 Last night the Prime Minister addressed the nation, announcing a national lockdown , as he asked the British public to once again: stay at home, control the... Westminster News
Second Approved Vaccine Begins Rollout Today 4th January 2021 Today, thousands of people across the UK will begin receiving the second vaccine approved by regulators. National News
Stay at home, protect the NHS and save lives 4th January 2021 Prime Minister Boris Johnson has addressed the nation on Coronavirus restrictions. National News
Deal Done: We have taken back control with our UK-EU trade deal 30th December 2020 We have secured an excellent deal for the United Kingdom, which delivers on what the British people voted for both in the referendum and the last election. National News
The Prime Minister’s Statement on Coronavirus in Full 19th December 2020 The Prime Minister announces new measures to be taken in London, the South East and the East of England to tackle coronavirus, including new Tier 4 restrictions... National News
First Vaccinations in the UK Against Coronavirus Begin 8th December 2020 Today the first vaccinations in the UK against coronavirus begin. Thank you to our NHS, to all of the scientists who worked so hard to develop this vaccine. National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on New Coronavirus Regulations 1st December 2020 The Prime Minister today urged MPs in the House of Commons to pass new COVID regulations, to keep transmission down and beat the virus. National News