MP congratulates the great team effort On Friday afternoon, John Baron MP officially opened the new Sensory Room at Buttsbury Pre-School, Billericay. This was at the invitation of Ruth Havis, Treasurer and Trustee of the Pre-School. After receiving grant funding from the Cooperative Trust, the project was able to go ahead. John was invited...
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MP welcomes regeneration and team effort Today John Baron MP joined members of the Swan Housing Group, Tony Ball, representatives from Basildon Council and the HCA, and local residents at the newly built Beechwood Village to see the first building completion in the current phase of the regeneration works on the Craylands estate. John...
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MP expresses his concerns and encourages constituents to respond Essex County Council is currently consulting on a proposal to discontinue six Essex bus services. John Baron MP is encouraging people to respond to the consultation regarding the 236 service which runs from Basildon Festival Leisure Park to Wickford via Ghyllgrove, The Gore and Basildon...
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John Baron MP: 2RRF Honour Guard marches off the square MP slams MoD Reservist plans Tuesday saw the last Fusilier Honour Guard outside No 10. Since February 2013, ex-members of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have paraded outside the gates of No 10 to coincide with the Cabinet’s weekly meeting. The former soldiers have...
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MP says Catterick course of 7 recruits is a waste of taxpayers’ money John Baron MP, and many other Parliamentarians, has opposed Government plans to replace 20,000 Regulars with 30,000 Reservists, fearing such plans will create unacceptable capability gaps and false economies. The MoD is having severe trouble recruiting Reservists and is throwing more...
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MP says cost reduction and repatriation will be litmus test of success John Baron MP has today urged the Prime Minister to seize the moment in pressing for clear reforms of the EU which repatriate key powers and reduce the costs of membership John said, “The Party must learn from past mistakes and get on...
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MP says Nick Clegg should resign if not In light of the results of the European elections, as Chairman of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for an EU Referendum, John Baron MP has called on the Liberal Democrats to back the Conservative commitment to an in/out EU referendum in 2017 – even if it means...
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MP says No 10 must listen to voters’ concerns Following a poor set of local election results in South Essex, including the loss of Basildon Council because of a surge in UKIP support, John Baron MP has warned all mainstream political parties against complacency on the EU. He has also thanked Conservative Councillors who...
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Fusiliers will continue with 1RRF Since February 2013, ex-members of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers have paraded outside the gates of No 10 to coincide with the Cabinet’s weekly meeting. The former soldiers have been marking their disagreement with the MoD’s plans to disband 2nd Battalion, The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (2RRF) as part...
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MP congratulates local County Councillors on decision John Baron MP has welcomed Essex County Council’s decision to keep its 200 or so school crossing patrols including some 48 at zebra crossings. John visited St Peter’s School with County Councillor Tony Hedley regarding this issue and liaised with County Councillor Kay Twitchen on the school’s...
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