Students taking GCSEs in England this summer have received a mixture of number and letter grades. English language, English literature and maths were the first subjects to use the new system, with most other subjects adopting numbers by 2019. Eventually all GCSEs taken in England...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has welcomed the news of a substantial £450 million increase in police funding across England and Wales. This includes up to an additional £270 million in police force budgets, so individual forces have the resources...
Residents have given the gift of Christmas to hundreds of children by donating presents to the women’s refuge, homeless hostel, food banks and pre-schools in the borough. Collection points were set up inside the Eastgate Shopping Centre, the Basildon Centre, and The Place and Wat Tyler...
Basildon Council is asking tenants to make rent the first bill they pay as part of a new “Rent First” campaign. The council, which owns more than 10,000 homes across the borough, has launched the first phase of the campaign which focusses on getting tenants the...
Stephen Metcalfe, local Member of Parliament for South Basildon & East Thurrock made the most of his Envoy role as he recently visited the Museum of Power in Langford. In his role as Government Envoy for the Year of Engineering, Mr Metcalfe heard about the Museum's...
Beauchamps High School in Wickord have raised a magnificent £1150 for the Mayor of Basildon – David Harrison's Charities – “Be Child Cancer Aware” and the “Polly Parrot Appeal” at Basildon Hospital. Head Boy and Head Girl accompanied by other students and Teacher Adam Farrugia, presented...
Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon & East Thurrock, presses the Government to act on the illicit use of mobile phones in prisons. Stephen has thrown his weight behind a proposed Bill by fellow MP Maria Caulfield to stop mobile phone signals and crack...
Basildon Council held an Education and Skills breakfast event (Thursday 7 December) to introduce the Pathways to Success initiative. Basildon Council is establishing the Pathways to Success Panel to review the effectiveness of the pathways available to young people in order to access opportunities in the...
Basildon Council has vowed to take action against landlords who fail to ensure their properties meet expected standards. The Housing and Community Committee agreed to support the development of a private sector management plan at a meeting on Thursday, 6 December. The plan will aim to...
A new initiative to ensure that everyone in the borough of Basildon benefits fairly from growth was launched at a reception in the House of Commons on Monday 4 December at a reception hosted by Baroness Smith of Basildon. The Breakthrough Basildon Borough Commission is made...
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