MP: Government must act to protect peace process Yesterday the Government published the legislation it may bring to Parliament to fix the problems with the Northern Ireland protocol, which was required as part of the UK’s withdrawal from the EU to ensure there was no ‘hard border’ on the island of Ireland. However, even...
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John Baron MP supports Northern Ireland legislation
John Baron MP hails Tax Freedom Day
MP: Government should go for growth and lower taxes Tomorrow is ‘Tax Freedom Day’, which marks when we stop working for the taxman and start earning for ourselves. Up to this point, every penny the average person earns goes to the taxman. This year Tax Freedom Day is the latest in 40 years. John...
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John Baron MP suggests raising minimum and living wages to help cost of living
MP raises suggestions with Chancellor John Baron MP has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, with his suggestions to help alleviate the cost of living. These include increases in the minimum wages, bringing forward the promised cut in income tax and increasing benefits payments. In order to raise...
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John Baron MP welcomes campaign to boost Pension Credit participation
MP: Eligible Pensioners should take up this support The Government is running a campaign to increase the take-up of Pension Credit. Previous initiatives have driven take-up of Pension Credit to the highest level since 2010, but the Government now wants to reach the 850,000 who could still benefit but who have not yet applied....
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John Baron MP disagrees with Government in cladding votes
MP: Government has made much progress, but more work remains Yesterday the House of Commons considered Lords Amendments to the Building Safety Bill. Some amendments dealt with the issue of fire safety and the exorbitant costs that some leaseholders are currently required to pay to fix fire safety defects, such as cladding, for which...
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John Baron MP visits the Department for Work & Pensions in Basildon
MP listened to how the pandemic has affected constituents and the DWP staff John Baron MP recently visited the Department for Work & Pensions in the Basildon Centre at the invitation of the Essex Service Leader, Dave Cope, to discuss a variety of issues including how the pandemic, rise in energy prices and the...
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John Baron MP welcomes cut to fuel duty and NI threshold increase
MP: National Insurance rise should still be scrapped Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rt Hon Rishi Sunak MP, gave the Spring Statement. Amongst other measures, the Chancellor announced that for twelve months fuel duty will be cut by 5p per litre, and from July the income threshold for paying National Insurance will rise...
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John Baron MP lobbies Chancellor ahead of Spring Statement
MP: Cutting the cost of fuel and resourcing economic crime agencies are included in priorities Ahead of the Spring Statement, John Baron MP and 52 other Conservative backbench MPs have sent a letter to the Chancellor calling on him to reduce fuel costs, either through reducing duty or cutting VAT. The letter suggests the...
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John Baron MP: economic crime enforcement agencies need to be better funded
MP votes for stronger economic crime measures Yesterday in the House of Commons, the Government passed all stages of the Economic Crime Bill which will aid efforts to crack down on ‘dirty money’ in the UK. It will introduce a Register of Overseas Entities as well as improve the powers of Unexplained Wealth Orders....
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John Baron MP signs and tables amendments to Economic Crime Bill
MP: Legislation will shine a brighter light on dirty money Today in the Commons, the Government intends to pass all stages of the Economic Crime Bill, which will aid in efforts to crack down on Russian and other dirty money in the UK. It will introduce a Register of Overseas Entities, which will force...
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