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
Our largest boost to our Nation’s Defence in a Generation 19th November 2020 We’re delivering a funding boost of over £24 billion for our nation’s defence. Ensuring we keep our nation safe from the evolving international threats we face. National News
Our Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution 18th November 2020 Today, the Prime Minister has outlined his ten-point plan to bring about a green industrial revolution, creating 250,000 jobs and helping us to build back... National News
More than 19,000 jobs created by Kickstart Scheme 12th November 2020 Today the Chancellor has confirmed that more than 19,000 job placements have been created by our Kickstart Scheme so far – with tens of thousands more expected... National News
The Prime Minister's Statement on the COVID Vaccine in Full 9th November 2020 Read in full the Prime Minister's statement on mass testing progress, the Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine and more. National News
4 Ways this Government is Supporting Businesses this Winter 6th November 2020 Throughout this pandemic, our priority has been clear: to protect lives and livelihoods. The Government’s announcements today will support businesses this... National News
The Prime Minister's COVID-19 Update in Full 5th November 2020 The Prime Minister spoke to the public on the first day of lockdown on our plans to tackle the coronavirus. Stay at home. Protect the NHS. Save Lives. National News
