Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate David Kendall supports social enterprise.

Profitable, innovative + dedicated to taking on the biggest issues we face. Hats off to all the social enterprises in brentwood and Ongarand across the UK this #SocialEnterpriseDay. Thank you for all you do!

If we're to deal with the triple threat of the #ClimateEmergency, social division + economic stagnation we have to change how we do business. Social enterprises are showing us what the future of business can look like.

Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate David Kendall said: "I pledge to make young people's mental health a priority if I am elected. All young people should get support for their mental health as soon as they need it. @YoungMindsUK #ActEarly

Parliamentary Candidate David Kendall said: "I am pleased to support the #Invest2EndAbuse and have signed the pledge on the #SafeLifes website,

ABOUT SAFELIFES

We are SafeLives, the UK-wide charity dedicated to ending domestic abuse, for everyone and for good.

We work with organisations across the UK to transform the response to domestic abuse. We want what you would want for your best friend. We listen to survivors, putting their voices at the heart of our thinking. We look at the whole picture for each individual and family to get the right help at the right time to make families everywhere safe and well. And we challenge perpetrators to change, asking 'why doesn't he stop?' rather than 'why doesn't she leave?' This principle applies whatever the sex of the victim or perpetrator and whatever the nature of their relationship.

Parliamentary Candidate David Kendall said: "I am pleased to support the Health for Care campaign to #FixSocialCare

Seven Key Principles are needed for a new social care system in England:

1. Sharing costs: A system providing the care people need - free at the point of use - should be funded by universal and compulsory financial contributions. This may require differences in when, how, and how much people pay towards the care system.
2. Fair eligibility: Eligibility should be based on need and must be widened to ensure that those of any age with unmet or under-met need have access to appropriate support. Eligibility must also guarantee parity of esteem across physical, mental and cognitive health.Improving integration: Health and care services should be designed to work more effectively together, with personalised care and prevention at the heart of both
   services. Health and care services should deliver treatment and care at the right time and place and guarantee maximum personal control to the recipients of care.
3. Sustainability: Establishing a sustainable social care system will require closing the existing funding gap in the short term, as well as establishing a permanent funding settlement that would enable both members of the public and care providers to plan for their long-term future. Levels of funding should also sustain a diverse and stable market of providers.
4. Valuing the workforce: More workers should be recruited to, and retained within, the care sector. Furthermore, those who work within the care sector should be offered increased pay, higher quality training (along with the protected time away from work to undertake training), opportunities for career progression, and new career paths.
5. Supporting carers: Unpaid carers should be eligible for increased support from the state. Additionally, offers of care should not be reduced on the basis
   that someone may be a recipient or possible recipient of informal care.
6. Accessibility: The criteria and assessment process for receiving state-funded care should be simple enough for everyone to understand, with guidance on
   offers of care to be made widely available. In addition, assessments of individuals' care needs should be conducted by appropriately-trained assessors.

Parliamentary Candidate David Kendall said: "I have today signed the pledge to STOP SCHOOL CUTS. I understand from campaigners that 83% of schools are to lose funding next year due to this Conservative Government. These are just a few examples of the cut per pupil in some of our schools planned in 2020:

Parliamentary Candidate David Kendall said: "I am pleased to support the Renter Manifesto as the private rented sector is in urgent need of reform, both in Brentwood and Ongar and nationally. If elected, I will take steps to ensure that private renters have access to safe, secure and affordable homes".

Cllr Sarah Cloke, Brentwood West, has requested that the application for "adding a third floor to the existing office block to create 4 x 1 bed flats, removing the staircase and re-cladding the whole building, alterations to fenestration and adding a new entrance canopy and bin storage" to Fairfield House in Fairfield Road be referred to the planning committee for further consideration.

In a shock move during the hearing, and in the face of over 200 objections, the Sugar Hut's solicitor withdrew their application to trade until 7am in Brentwood High Street.

Ward councillor Mark Lewis, who was at this morning's hearing ready to speak in opposition to the application, said:

"It was disappointing that the application for the 7am Sugar Hut licence was withdrawn in the middle of the licence committee process this morning. As we expect the application to be re-delivered at some stage, the uncertainty for local residents continues for the time being.

In a shock move during the hearing, and in the face of over 200 objections, the Sugar Hut's solicitor withdrew their application to trade until 7am in Brentwood High Street.

Ward councillor Mark Lewis, who was at this morning's hearing ready to speak in opposition to the application, said:

"It was disappointing that the application for the 7am Sugar Hut licence was withdrawn in the middle of the licence committee process this morning. As we expect the application to be re-delivered at some stage, the uncertainty for local residents continues for the time being.