Local MP Rebecca Harris has welcomed the Prime Minister’s announcement of a record funding boost of £14 billion, levelling up per-pupil funding across the country so every child in Castle Point has a world-class education.
The Department for Transport, together with the rail industry, has recently unveiled the brand new 16-17 Saver, which guarantees half-price rail travel for young people in England and Wales.
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.
