MP: Essex Police will receive extra £18.8 million The final details of the Police funding settlement for 2021/22 have been published. This will provide up to £15.8 billion of funding for the policing system, an increase of £636 million on the 2020/21 settlement. Funding available to Police & Crime Commissioners will increase by up...
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Basildon Hospital of the country’s highest-performing vaccination sites The Secretary of State for Health & Social Care, Rt Hon Matt Hancock MP, has written to John Baron MP to inform him of the good news that Basildon Hospital is one of the highest-performing vaccination sites in the country. The letter followed the Health Secretary’s...
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MP thanks Essex Resilience Forum This morning the Essex Resilience Forum, which comprises the NHS, emergency services and local authorities, declared that the ‘major incident’ in Essex was at an end. This had been declared on 29th December 2020 given the growing demand on hospitals and health and social care services in Essex, and...
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MP: national recruitment drive is ahead of schedule The latest figures show that nationwide over 6,620 extra Police officers have been recruited through the Government’s recruitment drive, with 101 more in Essex alone, bringing the total number of Police across Essex to 3,316. The Government remains on track to make good on the manifesto...
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MP encourages everyone to have vaccine Through the Vaccines Delivery Plan, 80,211 doses have been administered across Mid and South Essex. In the East of England, 377,552 people have received a vaccine, with 429,864 doses administered in total. Across the United Kingdom, more than five million doses have been administered to over 4.6 million...
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MP encourages anonymous submissions to survey The Government is seeking the views of women and girls in order to help shape its strategy to tackle violence and abuse via a nationwide Call for Evidence. This consultation runs until 19th February. John said, “I strongly encourage those with relevant experience or views to make a...
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MP: Billericay Town FC is running a good campaign Last year, Billericay Town FC launched a new initiative to raise awareness of safer gambling initiatives. The club will now promote gambling reform and will support a new partnership of support groups, including ‘All Bets Are Off’, ‘Gambling with Lives’ and ‘Gamban’. By promoting independent...
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MP says this centre will accelerate vaccination programme Today the first NHS large vaccination centre in Essex opens, as part of the nationwide efforts to vaccinate the population against covid-19. The centre in Runwell, in Wickford, is one of the first in the East of England to help with the vaccinations of the over-80s...
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MP says codeword scheme will help victims From today victims of domestic abuse will be able to access support from thousands of pharmacies across the UK by using a new codeword scheme. Independent pharmacies and Boots are introducing the ‘Ask for Ani’ scheme, which doubles as the codeword victims can use to seek immediate...
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MP: Closing schools was a sensible response Throughout the pandemic education has been a strong priority and the Government has taken extensive steps to keep schools open. However, with the country in Alert Level 5, the closure of schools is necessary to keep virus levels down, especially with the more infectious new variant strain...
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