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On Monday 25th March, I held a groundbreaking Local Transport Summit where I brought together all of the city’s major bus operators - First, Arriva and...

On Friday 22 March I was invited to get a sneak preview of the exhibition, ‘Romans: Settling in Southend’ Exhibition at the Central Museum and Planetarium in...

Among the constituents who booked in to see me privately at my recent Super Surgery were two local WASPI (Women Against State Pension Inequality) campaigners...

On Saturday 16th March, I was delighted to attend the Spring Concert of the Orpheus Singers at St Saviour’s Church, Westcliff. The concert performed by the...

On Friday 15th March, I welcomed over 35 constituents to my fifth ‘Super Surgery’, in St Margaret’s Church Hall in Southend. During a normal Friday or Monday...

On Saturday 9th March, I was delighted to attend the launch of Chill Southend, a club which offers cold water swim therapy for improved health & well-being...

For World Book Day I joined children at my local bookshop Read on Sea for a storytime session. The shop’s motto is ‘sit sip read’ and it’s my favourite kind of...

On Thursday 7th March I attended an event to raise awareness of the wreck of the London, a 17th century warship, situated at the bottom of the Thames Estuary in...

On Thursday 7th March I collected Lady Amess and we drove to view the statue of Sir David at the Milwyn Castings foundry in West Molesey. The Amess family chose...