MP and MEPs meet small business owners and discuss farming issues On Friday John Baron MP, Vicky Ford MEP, Geoffrey Van Orden MEP and Cllr Tony Hedley visited Barleylands Farm to discuss farming issues with Mr Peter Philpott, and business issues with local SMEs. John said: “It was good to meet with MEPs to...
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MP and County Councillor Tony Hedley says options are being explored Today John Baron MP and County Councillor Tony Hedley visited St Peter’s Catholic School in Billericay to discuss the school’s concerns about the possible withdrawal of their lollipop man and the cost of possibly having to fund hot school meals. Also in attendance...
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MP hails good news for Basildon and Billericay This week the Office for National Statistics released the latest national and local unemployment figures. Unemployment overall has fallen by 63,000 in the three months to January 2014, with 1.3 million more people in work than in May 2010. In Basildon and Billericay, the number of...
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MP calls on more businesses to take on an apprentice John Baron MP today visited Anisha Grange Care Home in Outward Common Road, Billericay, to promote apprenticeships. John met with Dorothy Holland and Lee Stribling, Area Officer for Eastern Skills Care from the National Apprentice Service and was introduced to apprentices Deanna Carr, Ricky...
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MP congratulates Basildon Hospital and local CCGs on increased investment Last year, NHS England announced proposals to close the Hyper Acute Stroke Unit at Basildon Hospital, and instead designate Southend Hospital as the local HASU. These proposals were controversial, not least because of issues with the reliability and robustness of the East of...
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MP will officially open the event at 10.30am on 7th March in the High Street, Billericay John Baron MP will officially open the celebrations and exhibition to celebrate 150 Years of the Billericay Reading Rooms, High Street, Billericay on Friday 7th March at 10.30am. The exhibition will run from the 7th to the 9th...
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MP Visits Fish‘n’Chicken restaurant, Billericay High Street. At the invitation of The Chesterford Group, John Baron MP will today visit the Fish’n’Chick’n restaurant in Billericay High Street to support National Chip Week. Fish’n’Chick’n are the nation’s largest chain of fish and chip shops. John will be meeting Hugh Lipscombe [representing Fish’n’Chick’n, 60 High Street,...
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MP says wide variety of issues raised John Baron MP today addressed 6th Form students at The Billericay School, Laindon Road, Billericay. John’s annual visit to the school is a question and answer format and there were various issues covered as part of the 6th Form General Studies programme. These included Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria,...
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MP discusses services available to constituents. John Baron MP has visited Cash Converters in Basildon Centre at the invitation of the Remarkable Group, to meet Perry Miller, and the franchise owners, Gary Lewy and Patrick James. The purpose of the visit was to show John the services available to local residents. John was given...
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MP talks about the aim of Parliament Week John Baron MP today addressed sixth form students at Mayflower High School, Stock Road, Billericay. John talked to around 300 students about various topics including, University Fees, Our membership of the EU, the economy and renewable energy. This visit was part of Parliament week which aims...
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