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I help to keep our country safe, protect our values and preserve our way of life. I work with the Police, Councillors & businesses to tackle crime head on and support local initiatives.

I helped secure a £23 million funding increase for Essex Police to recruit 365 new officers - the largest increase in police numbers in Essex for over a decade.

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I help to keep our country safe, protect our values and preserve our way of life. I work with the Police, Councillors & businesses to tackle crime head on and support local initiatives. I helped secure additional Police funding of up to £8.8 million for 2018/19 resulting in 150 new officers for Essex Police and a further £23 million for 2019/2020 resulting in another 125 new officers. 

Tackling illegal traveller encampments

Tackling illegal traveller encampments and stopping trespassers is a priority for me as your Member of Parliament. Locally we have seen problems in the past with illegal encampments and the additional law breaking which can come with these. Therefore, I am pleased that the Government has introduction the landmark Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill which will ensure we strengthen the rule of law, for Police in England and Wales, to tackle these illegal camps.

To ensure the small minority of travellers which cause problems, through abusive behaviour and extensive litter and waste at illegal sites is curtailed, this Bill will introduce a new criminal offence where a person who resides or intends to reside on any public or private land without permission and has caused, or is likely to cause, significant harm, obstruction, or harassment or distress.

In addition, the Bill amends the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 to broaden the list of harms that can be considered by the police when directing people away from land; and increase the period in which persons directed away from land must not return from three months to 12 months. Amendments to the 1994 Act will in addition allow police to direct trespassers away from land that forms part of a highway.

I can reassure you that the Government has taken steps to ensure that those exercising their rights to enjoy the countryside are not inadvertently impacted by these measures. These new measures are a proportionate and necessary increase in powers for the police.

The vast majority of the travelling community are decent law-abiding people and we must ensure that there are legal sites available for travellers, however, it is important that we put a stop to any unlawful trespass. The introduction of the landmark Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill will ensure we strengthen the rule of law for Police in England and Wales.

You can follow the passage of the Bill here: https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/2839

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Stephen Metcalfe MP Welcomes Over 500 Additional Police Officers To Essex With 300 More On The Way!

Friday, 30 April, 2021

Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, has welcomed that an additional 500 police officers have been recruited in Essex.

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Stephen Metcalfe MP Welcomes Police Powers to Tackle Unauthorised Encampments

Wednesday, 17 March, 2021

Stephen Metcalfe MP has welcomed the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill which will strengthen police powers and create a new criminal offence to tackle unauthorised encampments.

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Stephen Metcalfe MP Welcomes the 2021 Spring Budget

Thursday, 4 March, 2021

Stephen Metcalfe MP has welcomed the 2021 Budget which will protect jobs, livelihoods and support South Basildon & East Thurrock’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic. 

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Stephen Metcalfe MP Welcomes Funding Boost to Tackle Serious Violence in Essex

Wednesday, 10 February, 2021

Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, welcomes funding boost of £1,160,000 to tackle serious violence in Essex.

A special unit designed to help tackle serious violence and prevent young people in Essex being drawn into it will receive £1,160,000.

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Stephen Metcalfe MP welcomes rollout of COVID-19 vaccine at Basildon Hospital

Wednesday, 9 December, 2020

Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, has welcomed the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine at Basildon Hospital.

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Stephen Metcalfe MP visits Basildon Hospital ahead of winter period

Thursday, 1 October, 2020

Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, visits Basildon University Hospital to discuss the plans for the winter ahead.

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Stephen Metcalfe MP calls for tougher knife sentences following Pitsea youth stabbing

Tuesday, 25 August, 2020

Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has called for tougher knife crime sentences following the youth stabbing incident on Mayfair Avenue in Pitsea on 24 August.

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Stephen Metcalfe MP welcomes extra £4.8 million to upgrade A&E for winter

Thursday, 13 August, 2020

Stephen Metcalfe MP welcomes that the Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is set to receive an additional £4,838,000 of funding to upgrade A&E facilities ahead of this winter.

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Statement on recent Traveller incursion in Langdon Hills

Wednesday, 17 June, 2020

Statement on recent Traveller incursion in Langdon Hills:

Stephen Metcalfe MP said: “I am of course aware of the recent Traveller incursion in Langdon Hills.

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The Prime Minister praises Basildon WWII Veteran Don Sheppard on his 100th Birthday

Monday, 4 May, 2020

Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, praises Basildon World War Two veteran Don Sheppard on his 100th Birthday today and presents him with a letter of congratulations from the Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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