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James Brokenshire has welcomed Bexley Council’s ‘switch on’ of free public wi-fi in Sidcup, Welling, Erith and Crayford town centres with Bexley Village and Bexleyheath expected to follow shortly.

James Brokenshire has welcomed Transport for London’s decision to delay the proposed changes to shorten the 492 bus route.

James Brokenshire has been re-elected as the Member of Parliament for Old Bexley & Sidcup.

James received 29,786 votes at Thursday’s General Election representing 64.5% of the votes cast and giving him a majority of 18,952.  The total turnout in Old Bexley & Sidcup was 70%.

A group of Kent and South East London MPs have presented a joint letter to the Transport Secretary today calling for a new fleet of trains on the South Eastern Network to ease overcrowding, improve reliability and enhance passenger journeys.

James Brokenshire has welcomed that Bexley has been included in Openreach’s first phase of its ‘Fibre to the Premises’ investment programme which will provide faster, more reliable broadband technology.

James Brokenshire has endorsed the introduction of new train data to show whether trains actually arrive on time or not.  New ‘On Time’ statistics will create an industry standard for measuring train punctuality measured to the minute not the traditional 5 or 10 minutes of the timetabled arrival.

James Brokenshire has shown his support for Macmillan Cancer Care and the charity's annual 'Big Coffee Morning' by baking a cake.  The MP's lemon drizzle cake was among a number of other cakes and treats at the Bexley Country Market's coffee morning in the Freemantle Hall Bexley.  The event was j

James joins children at Hope School to support Time to Read campaign

James Brokenshire opens new Coca Cola canning production line at Sidcup plant

James told of major investment underground to improve reliability of electricity supplies during visit to Hurst Substation in Bexley