Back in July, I was contacted by the Minister’s team to advise me that after a six month consultation, the Jobcentre in Hornchurch would be closed and the team moved into the Romford Jobcentre. This was part of the DWP’s plan to make its Jobcentre service more efficient.

​​​​​​I made the following contribution to a debate on the Disability Confident Programme, tabled by my Scottish Conservative colleague, Luke Graham. I took the opportunity to raise two constituency cases of young, talented jobseekers with autism.

I was invited to speak today at the monthly breakfast meeting of the Havering Chamber of Commerce, led by Barry Hicks.

We had the pleasure of visiting the Elm Park Post Office this morning to check that Christmas preparations were well and truly underway. We met Mr Mashadi and his team as well as regular customer, Reg, whose dad was the last postman in City of London to use horse-drawn post carriage.

My team and I were delighted to visit Can's Meze Bar in Cranham this afternoon to sample their fantastic lunch menu after being invited by restaurant manager, Kasim, to nominate the restaurant for the British Kebab Awards. 

Today I had the pleasure of showing Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, the investment he made in Hornchurch High Street when he was Mayor of London.

Today I received a letter from Communities Minister, Marcus Jones, about three government schemes to help businesses struggling with business rates.

This afternoon I visited Tony, General Manager of Sainsbury's Hornchurch, to learn about the store's plans for the future and their community and charitable work.

In January, the Post Office announced it would close 37 flagship crown offices affecting branches in High Street, Hornchurch and Collier Row Road, Collier Row.