Letter to the Editor On Safe to go Stow The opening of a joint venture between Harlow Council, the police and other agencies has met with a lot of criticism since it’s opening last month. Since it’s inception in 2018 the Harlow Alliance Party (HAP)…

November Blog: Life or Death THIS is very, very tricky but very, very important. It’s life and death. At the end of November, the Assisted Dying bill will have its second reading in Parliament. (The definition of assisted dying is a terminally-ill person receiving lethal…

Dear Editor, I was interested in YourHarlow news article of 19 November reporting on the announcement by the Home Secretary of setting up a new unit to improve police efficiency. However, that new unit will largely replicate the work of existing organisations and questions should…

Dear Sir, THOUSANDS of farmers descended upon Westminster today to call on Labour to reverse the Family Farm Tax. I was proud to stand alongside them. I think inheritance tax is wrong as a matter of principle, but to impose it on family farms is…

Dear Editor, It should not take residents writing letters for Harlow Council to act! Where is the joined-up thinking? As readers may have read, John Curry wrote to YourHarlow this week explaining how myself, Cllr James Griggs and St Mark’s School had all raised the…

Dear Editor, May I tell your readers about a frustrating experience with Princess Alexandra Hospital I had a Hip replacement operation on Oct 7th (which went OK) and subsequently found out that the consultant has taken a long leave of absence (health related I think).…

Dear Sir, I have reported the flooded underpass beneath Second Avenue at its junction with Manston Road and Tripton Road, more than a month ago. As has Cllr Shepherd & St Marks School – whose pupils use this facility to get to school without having…

Dear Editor, SINCE its inception in 2018, the Harlow Alliance Party has urged Harlow Council to make best use of its housing and land resource to help more people obtain the homes they need. One way of doing that is to encourage more residents who…

Dear Editor, BACK when I used to work for an MP, we learned to work by a useful rule – don’t comment on how great the Budget is for 24 hours. That’s usually how long it took for the government spin to wear off, and…

THE FORMER leader of Harlow Conservatives, cllr Russell Perrin has been very busy out in his ward but also in Westminster and around the country. So we asked him for his response to the election of North West Essex MP Kemi Badenoch to leader of…

BUSH FAIR councillors have written a joint letter questioning what progress has been made on plans for housing in Elm Hatch. It has come in the form of a joint letter. Dear Editor, Halloween may have come and gone but the Tory horror show at…

“Dear Editor, AROUND the time of the May 2024 Harlow Council elections, the leader of the council stood on Broad Walk in the town centre and promised work would begin in the area if the Tories were returned to power. Adjacent to Broad Walk is…

Dear Editor, AS many of us have always thought, this Conservative administration is all about smoke and mirrors. 1) For surplus read underspend, money which was set aside to do a job but has not all been spent. 2) Tenants not satisfied with the overall…

Dear Sir, IN the latest edition of the Harlow Times I read the annual Tenants’ and Leaseholders review and nearly smiled at the self serving nonsense of tenant and leaseholder participation. It doesn’t exist in this town anymore. Has it ever existed? Credit: Brian Thomas…