151,000 people in the East of England working on the National Living Wage received a 5 per cent pay rise today, in the biggest pay increase for low paid workers in 20 years.
I have long held the view that we should leave the EU and campaigned for Vote Leave in the run-up to the Referendum. Our constituency had the third highest leave vote in the country and in 2017 I was elected on a manifesto commitment to honour the outcome of the Referendum.
Figures released earlier this week show that the number of people out of work is at a record low. In Castle Point, the number of people who are unemployed has fallen by 1,079 – a 67 per cent drop – since 2010.
Figures out today have revealed that the value of all work in the Construction industry has increased by 7 per cent since 2016-17, meaning more higher-paying jobs, better infrastructure and a growing economy.
Rebecca Harris, MP for Castle Point, today became a ‘Road Safety Champion’, committing to improve the safety of UK roads in partnership with Brake, the road safety charity.
The Oliver King Foundation was set up in 2012 following the death of 12-year-old Oliver. He died from a sudden cardiac arrest whilst at school. If a defibrillator had been available on that day, it could have saved Oliver’s life.
A deposit return scheme to increase recycling rates and slash the amount of waste polluting our land and seas will be introduced subject to consultation later this year, it has been confirmed.
