Richard Holden MP

Anti-motorist zealots @TheGreenParty want to turn London into a guinea pig for pay-per-mile road charging, making drivers pay every time they get behind the wheel. The Greens think driving is a luxury and ordinary people are just cash machines. This is the politics of a bonkers war on motorists. Londoners deserve better. standard.co.uk/news/london/r…

🚔 Good to have a call with Essex’s new Chief Constable, Rachel Nolan, alongside our very supportive Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner Roger Hirst. A valuable opportunity to welcome Rachel, discuss policing priorities and how we can work together to keep our communities safe. 👮‍♂️🤝 Wishing Rachel every success and my team and I continue to work closely with our local Basildon police team #EssexPolice

🌟 Great to visit Tot Ally Relaxed and meet the team behind this fantastic local business as it has moved to new local premises! It was lovely to hear about their work, ambitions and contribution to our community. 👏 Supporting our local businesses is vital to helping our communities thrive! 🤝 #SupportLocalBusiness

What Lord A’s polls show is @reformparty_uk was doing well in 2025 and there has been a big movement away from them to Labour & Conservatives since. Like every other poll shows. If @Nigel_Farage is saying they’re made up or @LordAshcroft isn’t being honest, the Lord Ashcroft should sue. I’ve had enough of Farage and Co smearing those who don’t take the knee before him while his organisation is riddle with people @Conservatives were glad to see go or would never have had. A professional politician since his late 20s, Farage was a founding member of UKIP, he was their leader and an MEP by his mid 30s. Now well into his 60s he still lives in fantasy land of being the political outsider. Farage is simply a whinging bully who thinks he can do and say whatever he likes about other people without consequence. A more bitter and nasty little old man he is becoming by the day.

I really hope that this leak to @guardian is true and that this is another Labour u-turn @KemiBadenoch & I committed @Conservatives to scrapping the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) mandate back in 2025 meaning that people should be able to choose which van, car or lorry is right for them and their business. Full details here: conservatives.com/news/our-n… The UK makes great electric, hybrid, petrol/diesel vehicles. The choice of what is right for you and your family should be yours.

Remembrance Sunday across #Basildon and #Billericay Lest we forget

🚨 NEW: Labour adopt @Conservatives bus and coach drivers policy 🚨 🚌 Absolutely delighted that @UKLabour Ministers are adopting @Conservatives policy proposals announced at #CPC26 to remove the 50km/day cap on bus drivers 🚍 These completely weird bureaucratic rules were holding young people back from becoming bus and coach drivers, and creating a shortage in the sector 🔵 Always delighted when Labour ministers adopt our worked through Conservative proposals. Well done @Heidi_Labour & @transportgovuk - now take a look at our policies to protect open access rail, Plan for Drivers, and rolling back the ZEV mandate 🙏 Via @mattotele & @Telegraph telegraph.co.uk/business/202…

🎄🎅 Christmas Card Competition 2026! ⏰ Deadline fast approaching! I’d love to see your creative designs. Get your pens and paints out and send me your entries to my constituency office! All primary school ages children in my #BasildonAndBillericay constituency can take part! Good luck! 🎄

🚨 Even @UKLabour MPs are now complaining about the rail services since their OWN Government forced high-performing operators into stete control - via @thetimes 🚨 🚆 @c2c_Rail punctuality has fallen from 94% to under 72% since Labour took control 📉 Labour promised better services, cheaper fares, and a falling subsidy from the taxpayer. But everything has got worse. 🥀 Passengers and taxpayers deserve better than being forced to bankroll Labour’s ideological obsession with state control of the rail network Via @laurencesleator and @matildakdavies thetimes.com/article/39ab6cb…

🐾 I have presented my Animal Shelters (Licensing) Bill in Parliament 🏛️ The Bill will have its Second Reading on Friday 15th January 2027, aiming to strengthen standards and protections for animals in shelters The Government have said they’ll consult maybe next year and legislate afterwards but I’m not taking any chances and determined to keep the pressure on, especially after the horrible case from my own constituency. 🐶🐱 Every animal deserves care, safety and protection. ❤️ #AnimalWelfare

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🚨 Breaking News on ANOTHER u-turn from the Government - this time on aviation - via @camillahmturner & @Telegraph 🚨 ✈️ Labour Government ‘Sources’ are now briefing out that they’re going to water down Sustainable Aviation Fuel targets after ramming them through Parliament just a few months ago 🔵 Glad that the Government are listening to representations form @Conservatives and the aviation sector, if they’d listened sooner they wouldn’t need to be making a u-turn now telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…

🚕 At Creative Basildon’s ‘Driving Home’ installation at Eastgate! An immersive experience by @DanteorDie, sharing stories of five taxi drivers and exploring what home means. 🏡❤️ Nice to see creativity thriving in Basildon! 👏🎭

The @UKLabour Government wants your car gossiping to the taxman every mile you drive Another tax on drivers to bankroll ever more benefits handouts Labour buried their plan in the Budget small print @Conservatives will keep calling it out Drivers should not be taken for a ride Via @David_Churchill in @DailyMailUK dailymail.com/news/article-1…

🚎 🚲Conservatives pledge to ban floating bus stops and remove the most dangerous 🚌 🚲 @UKLabour have been told to stop building floating bus stops that put elderly, blind and vulnerable people at risk. Groups representing the disabled show that where there are floating bus stops, bus use by vulnerable users has collapsed, trapping many of the most vulnerable in their homes. But Labour still haven’t listened. These stops are death traps, and we will ban them. Common-sense policies with @Conservatives @RNIB_campaigns @RNIB @guidedogs @NFBUK

💬 Talking about money can help us feel less stressed, more in control and more confident making financial decisions. And financial issues are one of the main reasons my constituents get in touch. 💷 That’s why I’m supporting #TalkMoney Week! Need advice? Visit 👉 moneyhelper.org.uk Backed by the Government to give impartial advice.

.@Conservatives warned that @UKLabour state control of rail would put their union paymasters first. Now their state operator has signed up to taxpayer-funded time off for union duties. You pay more. They take more. And still nobody can tell you when your train will turn up. order-order.com/2026/11/03/b…

🎉 Delighted to join the Billericay District Residents' Association to celebrate its 100th anniversary! 🎂 A real privilege to open the BDRA's 2016 Time Capsule 🕰️ and thank the fantastic volunteers who work so hard for our community. 👏 Here's to the next 100 years! 🏡🌳

📻🎉 Great to visit Gateway 97.8 in #Basildon recently and see them celebrate winning the Princess Royal Training Award for the THIRD time! 🏆 Brilliant to see the team supporting young people through training and work experience. Huge congratulations to everyone involved! 👏🙌 #Gateway978 And I even got grilled by @johnnyljenkins as part of the deal!

With higher APD, a doubling business rates and, the NI jobs tax, passengers already paying MUCH more to reach airports through crazy net zero surface access charges. Now @UKLabour wants another raid on jet fuel. They talk up growth, then tax the living daylights out of aviation. Holidaymakers will end up footing the bill - it’s got to stop @Heidi_Labour & @andyburnham! Via @MarkKleinmanSky & @SkyNews news.sky.com/story/airlines-…