MP and Councillors maintain watching brief Recently John Baron MP convened a meeting with the Greater Anglia management team and Billericay Councillors to discuss concerns over train frequency and crowding on London-bound services from Billericay at peak times. John said, “Constituents have rightly been raising concerns with me and Councillors about service levels and...
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John Baron MP thanks Minister for supporting cancer amendments
MP: Amendments will help cancer patients and their families Yesterday the House of Commons considered Lords Amendments to the Health and Care Bill. Last November, 80 cross-party MPs supported John Baron MP’s amendment to improve cancer survival rates by prioritising cancer outcomes in the frameworks which govern the NHS. This will help save lives...
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John Baron MP obtains meeting with PM on British Council
MP: Soft Power Closures make no sense During Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons this afternoon, John asked, “On Monday the Foreign Secretary agreed with me that we needed to expand our soft power capabilities at this uncertain period. Yet the Government is imminently about to take a funding decision which may...
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John Baron MP welcomes funding for accessible toilets
MP: Constituents will be relieved In the first round of the Changing Places Fund, Basildon Borough Council will receive £178,520. Changing Places toilets are larger accessible facilities for people who can not use standard facilities, and are equipped with hoists, curtains and adult-sized changing benches. They can support users, their families and carers. There...
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John Baron MP questions Foreign Secretary on hard and soft power funding
MP: British Council closures must not go ahead Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Foreign Secretary, Rt Hon Elizabeth Truss MP, gave a Statement on Ukraine. John asked, “Perhaps for too long, the West has harvested the peace dividend, but there is no doubt that we have entered a new era in the...
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John Baron MP visits the Department for Work & Pensions in Basildon
MP listened to how the pandemic has affected constituents and the DWP staff John Baron MP recently visited the Department for Work & Pensions in the Basildon Centre at the invitation of the Essex Service Leader, Dave Cope, to discuss a variety of issues including how the pandemic, rise in energy prices and the...
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John Baron MP welcomes cut to fuel duty and NI threshold increase
MP: National Insurance rise should still be scrapped Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, gave the Spring Statement. Amongst other measures, the Chancellor announced that for twelve months fuel duty will be cut by 5p per litre, and from July the income threshold for paying National Insurance will rise...
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John Baron MP votes for fairer and more effective asylum system
MP: Legislation will help deter illegal entry to the UK while ensuring refugees are welcome Yesterday evening, John Baron MP voted with the Government as the Nationality and Borders Bill passed through its latest Commons stages. The Bill reforms the immigration system to make it fairer and more effective for people genuinely claiming asylum,...
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John Baron MP lobbies Chancellor ahead of Spring Statement
MP: Cutting the cost of fuel and resourcing economic crime agencies are included in priorities Ahead of the Spring Statement, John Baron MP and 52 other Conservative backbench MPs have sent a letter to the Chancellor calling on him to reduce fuel costs, either through reducing duty or cutting VAT. The letter suggests the...
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John Baron MP leads debate on the future of soft power
MP: British Council closures must not go ahead Yesterday John Baron MP led a Westminster Hall debate on the future of soft power. John is the Chairman of the British Council All-Party Parliamentary Group. In the debate, John said, “We have to do more to realise that democracy needs defending. We have to step...
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