MP thanked by campaigners for championing community energy John Baron MP supports a proposed new law – the Local Electricity Bill – which would empower communities to sell locally-generated electricity directly to local households, businesses and local public services, reducing dependence on foreign gas. Close to a majority of the House of Commons now...
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John Baron MP supports inclusive employment initiative
MP calls on local businesses to sign up John Baron MP recently met Emma Gilson from ECL to discuss an inclusive employment initiative that helps adults with learning disabilities and autism achieve their dreams of paid employment. John is now urging local businesses in Basildon and Billericay to sign up and support this initiative...
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John Baron MP content with British Council funding settlement
MP: No closures in overseas network The British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has been campaigning for a funding settlement which ensured no further closures to the organisation’s overseas network. Yesterday the Foreign Secretary wrote to John Baron MP, the Chair of the British Council APPG, with details of the British Council’s budget over...
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John Baron MP welcomes an extra 332 Police Officers
MP: 13,576 extra Police Officers recruited nationwide Recently released figures show that 332 Police officers have been recruited in Essex since September 2019, bringing the force’s full strength up to 3,648 officers. These efforts form part of the Conservatives’ election pledge to recruit 20,000 new Police officers across the country by March 2023, of...
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John Baron MP welcomes campaign to boost Pension Credit participation
MP: Eligible Pensioners should take up this support The Government is running a campaign to increase the take-up of Pension Credit. Previous initiatives have driven take-up of Pension Credit to the highest level since 2010, but the Government now wants to reach the 850,000 who could still benefit but who have not yet applied....
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John Baron MP banned from Russia
MP: Russian Sanction is a badge of honour Today the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow announced that 287 British MPs have been banned from entering the Russian Federation due to their ‘Russophobic hysteria’. Many of those named on the banned list are no longer MPs, but John Baron MP is amongst the number...
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John Baron MP disagrees with Government in cladding votes
MP: Government has made much progress, but more work remains Yesterday the House of Commons considered Lords Amendments to the Building Safety Bill. Some amendments dealt with the issue of fire safety and the exorbitant costs that some leaseholders are currently required to pay to fix fire safety defects, such as cladding, for which...
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John Baron MP will vote to refer PM to Committee
MP: Due process should be respected Today the House of Commons is considering a motion on whether the Prime Minister should be referred to the Committee on Privileges, which could take evidence and come to a conclusion as to whether the Prime Minister has knowingly misled the House. The Committee’s conclusions would then pass...
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John Baron MP presses Prime Minister on British Council workers in Afghanistan
MP: Britain owes a debt to these contractors Yesterday in the House of Commons the Prime Minister, Rt Hon Boris Johnson MP, updated MPs on Government business. In the Chamber, John asked, “The Government and the British people have provided extensive support to Ukrainian refugees, but around 200 British Council contractors remain in Afghanistan,...
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John Baron MP visits 360 Play at Basildon Festival Leisure Park
John meets Duncan Phillips, Managing Director John Baron MP recently visited 360 Play at Basildon’s Festival Leisure Park at the invitation of Mr Duncan Phillips, Managing Director of DP Associates GB Ltd, who owns the centre and operates seven locations across middle England. John was given a tour of the facility followed by a...
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