Evidence shows 2 Scottish Battalions would have been axed but for additional political criteria Following his criticism in the House of Commons of the Government’s Army cuts including the proposed axing of The Second Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , and his further questions by letter and email, John Baron MP met with...
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John Baron MP: Secretary of State’s letter and meeting proves 2RRF cut is a political decision
John Baron MP delighted at Lords Reform climb-down
MP says Government has made right decision John Baron MP has reacted to the news this afternoon that the Government has decided to drop its House of Lords Reform Bill. John was one of 91 Conservative MPs who voted against the Government on this issue. John said: “The Government’s proposals would have been...
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John Baron MP and colleagues read for Wickford Talking Newspapers
MP congratulates the team on excellent work John Baron MP and other local MPs and Cllrs recently joined forces to help Wickford Talking Newspapers with its work of taping local newspaper cuttings which are then distributed to visually impaired and blind people. John, Stephen Metcalfe MP, Mark Francois MP, Cllr Mo Larkin and...
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John Baron MP officially opens new lifts at Laindon Station
MP congratulates c2c, DfT and Network Rail John Baron MP today officially opened the new lifts at Laindon Station which provide step-free access to platforms for the first time. The lifts have cost approximately £2m and were funded through the Access to All programme. The programme is a Department for Transport funded scheme,...
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John Baron MP congratulates local volunteers for the Olympic Games
MP says Games are great, apart from ticket sales John Baron MP has congratulated local volunteers for helping to make the Olympic Games such a fantastic success. Today he met an Olympic volunteer at Laindon Station who is helping with the tennis at Wimbledon . However, John is critical as to the...
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John Baron MP calls for inclusion of cancer indicators in the reformed NHS
MP criticises NICE recommendations Yesterday the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) published its recommendations for which indicators should be included in the Commissioning Outcomes Frameworks (COF). The COF will be used to hold Clinical Commissioning Groups (which are replacing Primary Care Trusts) to account and will, therefore, do much to set health priorities...
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John Baron MP visits The Phoenix Primary School’s free IT workshops
MP congratulates Ford’s technical staff school John Baron MP recently visited The Phoenix Primary School (Leinster Road, Laindon) and met Ford employees from the Dunton Technical Centre, who are running free workshops to help local parents become more computer literate. Working in partnership with Basildon Education Services Trust (BEST) and Phoenix School, the informal...
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John Baron MP pushes for Prime Minister’s intervention on energy bill reform
MP questions Minister over ‘Big Six’ During recent Energy Questions in the House of Commons, John Baron MP questioned Rt Hon Ed Davey MP over reforms to energy bills proposed by the Billing Stakeholder Group (BSG), chaired by John. The recommendation of the BSG was that customers should receive on the face of quarterly...
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John Baron MP criticises MOD over political fix in Army reductions
MP says Army cuts are foolish Today in the House of Commons, during Defence Questions, John Baron MP criticised the Secretary of State for Defence over Government cuts to the Army. John has three-year figures clearly showing the continual under-recruitment of Scottish battalions relative to the English battalions which are now facing the axe....
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John Baron MP welcomes speed limit reduction on Harding Elms Road
MP says road test was most productive John Baron MP has welcomed very recent news that Essex County Council will reduce the speed limit to 30mph on Harding Elms Road from the junction with the A129 to the junction with Wash Road. John met with Vicky Duff, Natalie Szpigelman [both of...
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