Rayleigh and Wickford MP, Mark Francois, has defended two of his local libraries, in Hockley and Hullbridge respectively, which are under threat as part of Essex County Council’s consultation on Future Library Services.

Rayleigh and Wickford MP Mark Francois has today welcomed the announcement by Rochford District Council that they intend to suspend their recently announced consultation document on potential new Gypsy and Traveller sites across the Rochford District.

Rayleigh and Wickford MP Mark Francois, who has been campaigning for years to toughen the laws on illegal traveller encampments, has today welcomed the news that the Government have decided to amend the law to provide police and local authorities with tougher powers to tackle this problem.

Rayleigh and Wickford MP Mark Francois met with the Chief Executive of Network Rail, Mr Andrew Haines, and the areas Chief Operating Officer, Mr Steve Hooker, in his Parliamentary Office to discuss the ongoing engineering works on the Southend Victoria line.

Here is a copy of my letter to Sir Graham Brady calling for a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister and explaining my reasons why.

Rayleigh and Wickford MP and Former Armed Forces Minister, Mark Francois, joined his Parliamentary colleague Stephen Metcalfe MP and Mrs Jennifer Tolhurst, the Lord Lieutenant of Essex to attend a special veterans breakfast at the Campanile Hotel, Basildon in the run up to Remembrance Sunday.

Rayleigh and Wickford MP and former Armed Forces Minister, Mark Francois, was happy to lend a hand at Westminster Tube Station, alongside fellow MPs and Celebrities, to raise money for the Poppy Appeal on London Poppy Day.

Rayleigh and Wickford MP, Mark Francois, recently challenged himself and other MPs and Peers on a static bike ride as part of a 12 hour challenge in the IPT Poppy Ride, in association with the Royal British Legion.

As part of a series of Remembrance events, Mark Francois attended a Parliamentary session with Care after Combat, the charity working to help prisoner veterans to reintegrate into society after leaving prison, to learn more about its vital mentoring services. 

The Royal British Legion has launched a movement to say ‘Thank You’ to all who served, sacrificed, and changed our world during the First World War.