MP urges other local projects to apply for lottery funding to mark Centenary A grant of £7,000 has been awarded to the Lee Chapel North Holiday Club to help local people learn more about the First World War. The project will help people to visit heritage sites and to produce a short film documenting...
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MP says unemployment is social evil John Baron MP has welcomed the recent news that unemployment in the Basildon and Billericay constituency is continuing to fall. The number of claimants in the Basildon and Billericay constituency is 792 lower than this time last year. John said: “Unemployment is one of the evils in society...
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MP highlights tangible and intangible benefits of strong defence Tomorrow John Baron MP is sponsoring a debate on defence spending in the House of Commons. He will argue that we need to reverse spending cuts, and that, as we approach the next Strategic Defence and Security Review, Parliament needs to make clear that defence...
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MP supports mandatory jail terms on offenders convicted of a second knife offence John Baron MP supported an amendment to the Criminal Justice and Courts bill yesterday which seeks to impose a minimum six-month jail term on offenders on their second conviction for carrying a knife. 16-18 year olds would be given a minimum...
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MP encourages service users to have their say John Baron MP today urges local residents who use the County Council’s Meals on Wheels service to respond to its consultation. Essex County Council is currently consulting on whether to remove the subsidy it pays for the Meals Service, which would result in a price rise...
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MP says Iraq situation can be traced to invasion John Baron MP has responded to Tony Blair’s comments over the weekend that the present situation in Iraq has in large part been caused by the West’s refusal to intervene in Syria. John said, “Old habits die hard. We went to war in Iraq on...
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MP also points to Libya and Afghanistan Following the news from northern Iraq, John Baron MP warns of the dangers of intervention. John resigned from the shadow Front Bench to vote against the Iraq war in 2003, and was the only Conservative to vote against both Afghanistan and Libya. John said, “One of the...
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MP says Defence Secretary’s reputation is on the line Today the National Audit Office (NAO) published a highly critical report on the MoD’s Army reforms to replace 20,000 Regulars with 30,000 Reservists. The report concludes that the Army 2020 reforms were not subjected to the appropriate feasibility testing. The NAO also concludes the transition...
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MP also calls for HPV vaccination programme to be extended to young men Today during Health Questions in the House of Commons, John Baron MP asked the Minister with responsibility for cancer, Jane Ellison MP, how Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGS) will be held accountable for their one-year cancer survival rates. There has been uncertainly...
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Hospital first out of special measures In July 2013 the Medical Director of the NHS, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, published his report into 14 underperforming hospital trusts, one of which was Basildon Hospital. The review was established following the publication of the Francis Report, which brought to light the shortcomings at Mid-Staffordshire Hospital. This...
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