During the next ten years Havering Council is planning to build around 3,500 new homes for local people at affordable rents, low-cost home ownership and private sale, in one of the most ambitious local authority home building programmes in the country.

Not long after I was elected, I was invited to visit food import business, Anzco, at their Harold Wood office to discuss Brexit and trade policy. Anzco exports high quality New Zealand beef and lamb into the UK and employs over 3000 staff worldwide. 

This morning the team and I visited the STC Group's Harold Wood training centre to hear how they are training the local workforce in construction, decorating and tiling for upcoming housing projects. 

This morning the team and I visited Harold Wood manufacturer, Silverhook, after receiving an invitation by dynamic Chief Executive, John Iszatt, to discuss exporting. 

This morning Trade Secretary, Liam Fox, hosted his Trade Export Hub at Queen's Theatre, Hornchurch, to help local businesses identify new opportunities with international partners, specifically with regard to the export of goods and services.

I first came across local businesswoman, Danielle Everitt, one cold Saturday morning on Hornchurch High Street.

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.