Over 250 years ago, Hester Woodley arrived in Britain as a slave to a wealthy family. Leaving her family behind in the Caribbean, Hester served a local land owner, living and working at a mansion on the current site of Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.
This week, the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered a budget that will drive forward our efforts to build a skills and apprenticeships nation and get more people into rewarding work.
Age should not be a barrier to upskilling or retraining and getting the job you want.
Harlow’s Member of Parliament, Robert Halfon, has welcomed recently released figures showing a huge increase in the number of police officers on the beat in Harlow.
I have today written to the Chief Executive of Ofwat, the water services regulator in the UK, to express my support for new plans to link the dividends of water company shareholders to their environmental performance.
Harlow MP, Robert Halfon, has celebrated levelling up in the town and across the county with a visit to Harlow College to open their new Electric Vehicle Centre and hosted an event in Parliament to showcase the work being done to support the Levelling-Up in the local community.
Delighted to confirm that Greater Anglia is increasing the frequency of the Stansted Express which connects Harlow Town station with Central London and Stansted Airport.
The Prime Minister has announced new plans to tackle illegal immigration and stop small boat crossings across the Chanel. The new law will ban people arriving illegally in the UK from seeking asylum and will give the Home Secretary powers to deport those arrive within 28 days.
