LABOUR has pledged to fund councils to repair up to a million potholes a year in England. The party said it would give “multi-year funding settlements to local leaders” to fix broken roads, seeking to end what it called a “sticking plaster approach” to repairs. …

Dear Editor,  THE General Election is in less than a month, so there’s a chance we’ll soon be seeing prospective political candidates and their supporters on our high street or knocking on our doors.  This gives us a chance to speak to individuals from all…

THE Green Party have launched their manifesto designed to “invest to mend broken Britain.”   The manifesto pledged: “A fairer, greener tax system will raise tens of billions of pounds by asking super-rich multimillionaires and billionaires to pay more, equalising the treatment of income from work…

Dear Editor, I HEAR mention that people call Reform far right, this is an error that the BBC made and have since apologised for. Please do not listen to the BBC or even one medium for your information on a party. Look at the manifesto…

THE LABOUR candidate for Harlow has thanked an army veteran after they wrote a letter expressing their disappointment at Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak’s early exit from D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France. Chris Vince said: “I would like to start by thanking Lance Corporal Rose Morris…

FORMER HARLOW MP Robert Halfon has made a heartfelt endorsement of the Conservative candidate at next month’s General Election, Hannah Ellis. In a three minute party political piece, Mr Halfon details why voters on July 4th should back Ms Ellis. Mr Halfon said: “Now, more…

Is it D-Day for Sunak? LAST week, the entire country, its veterans and those of its allies were dealt a disgraceful and unforgivable snub by the outgoing PM Rishi Sunak. Having attended the first part of the D-Day commemorations, Mr Sunak left early and returned…

Dear Editor, ON MONDAY, we launched the Liberal Democrat manifesto for the 2024 General Election; and it is packed full of practical proposals to help Harlow residents live their best lives. We have put the NHS and Social Care at the heart of our plans;…

WE could not help noticing that Labour candidate Chris Vince and his team have been on the doorstep in areas such as Sheering, Hatfield Heath and Hatfield Broad Oak. One has to remember that the constituency stretches out to just before Takeley on the A120.…

Dear Editor, Whilst enjoying a leisurely breakfast this morning (9 June) my letter box rattled and a white fronted leaflet from the Reform Party lay on the doormat. I was intrigued by their slogans on the rear of the leaflet: “Control our borders” and “Get…

CONSERVATIVE candidate for Harlow and the villages, Hannah Ellis, has vowed to fight to scrap Sadiq Khan’s ULEZ which is hitting motorists in Harlow and the surrounding villages every time they cross the border into London.  In a passionate statement, Hannah Ellis declared herself a…

THE Labour party has pledged to create 100,000 additional childcare places and more than 3,000 new nurseries as part of its childcare plan. Labour has said it will turn classrooms in existing primary schools into “school-based nurseries”, for an estimated cost of around £40,000 per…

THE British Dental Association has said failure to set out credible plans to save NHS dentistry will hit the parties at the ballot box, with evidence showing the state of the service is now at the forefront of voter concerns across the South and East…

MILLIONS of voters who run their own businesses are still to make a final decision on who they will back on polling day, according to a snap general election survey by the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). It reveals that 96 per cent of small…