MP encourages applications to £1,000,000 creative fund The Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund was launched earlier this week, which will provide £1,000,000 of funding over five years to support the creative sector in our area. The Fund is now open for applications, and grants of between £2,500 – £30,000 will be offered...
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John Baron MP highlights launch of Essex County Council Arts and Cultural Fund
John Baron MP welcomes cladding announcement
MP: Devil is in the detail Yesterday the Government announced that leaseholders living in buildings over 11 metres will not face any costs to fix dangerous cladding, with developers and cladding companies paying instead. £27 million will see fire alarms installed in all high-risk buildings, and the Secretary of State, Rt Hon Michael Gove...
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John Baron MP encourages people to join stem cell register
MP highlights constituent’s search for donor Basildon resident Alex Nicholson, 24, urgently requires a lifesaving stem cell transplant to treat his blood cancer. Along with his mother, Debbie, Alex is working with the Leukaemia Cancer Society to raise awareness of the need for more stem cell donors. Debbie has already donated some of her...
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John Baron MP will vote against ‘vaccine passports’
MP cautions against false security of covid passes Today in the House of Commons, John Baron will vote in favour of the measures on mask-wearing, daily testing to avoid isolation if fully-jabbed and mandatory vaccinations for frontline NHS workers and staff, but will vote against covid passes. John said, “I will vote in favour...
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John Baron MP urges everyone to Get Boosted Now
MP endorses Prime Minister’s vaccine message Last night, in response to the forthcoming wave of the Omicron variant, the Prime Minister urged everyone to ‘Get Boosted Now’ with their booster dose. The target of giving every adult in England a booster dose by the end of January has been brought forward by a month,...
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John Baron MP highlights Essex County Council’s library survey
MP encourages residents to respond to survey Last week Essex County Council launched its Everyone Library Service 2022-2026 plan. The plan commits to keeping all 74 libraries open, with investment in training and the upskilling of existing library staff. There are also commitments to improve literacy, for both children and adults, and to increase...
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John Baron MP welcomes an extra 235 Essex Police Officers
MP: an extra 11,053 Police Officers recruited nationwide Recently released figures show that 235 Police officers have been recruited in Essex since September 2019, bringing the force’s full strength up to 3,551 officers. These efforts form part of the Conservatives’ election pledge to recruit 20,000 new Police officers across the country, of which 11,053...
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John Baron MP reiterates vaccine recommendation
MP: Booster jabs are very important Despite the enormous success of the vaccination programme there is still scope for further progress. As the weather becomes colder and we all spend more time indoors, the opportunities for the virus to spread may increase. The best thing people aged 12 and above can do is to...
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John Baron MP’s tribute to Sir David Amess MP
MP: Sir David was the epitome of a constituency MP If he had been called by Mr Speaker in yesterday’s tribute to Sir David Amess MP, John would have said, “In addition to the many heartfelt tributes to David as a good friend and colleague, assiduous MP and devoted family man, I wish to...
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John Baron MP congratulates Gateway 97.8 on Award shortlisting
MP wishes station every success at Community Radio Awards Gateway 97.8, Basildon’s Community radio station, has been shortlisted for two categories in this year’s Community Radio Awards for its broadcasting during the pandemic. Working alongside the Radio Hub networking group, Gateway helped to distribute 15,000 radios across the UK to vulnerable people. The station...
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