Stephen Metcalfe MP welcomes a new initiative launching in September which will offer grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 to organisations working to help adults who are unemployed or inactive in the community into employment, learning or training.

Stephen Metcalfe has recently met with the new District Commander for Basildon Chief Inspector Chris Bradford to discuss his priorities and raise local concerns. A number of those will be addressed by the launch of 23 new Town Centre Policing Teams across Essex.

Stephen Metcalfe congratulates Boris Johnson on his decisive victory in the Conservative Party membership ballot and looks forward to working with him as Prime Minister to deliver on leaving the EU by October 31st.

Statement: Stephen Metcalfe Backs Boris to Deliver Brexit by October 31st (10.07.2019)

I continue to be grateful to all those who have shared their constructive views with me on Brexit, the Conservative Party leadership and the case for a Second Referendum.

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Stephen Metcalfe, MP for South Basildon & East Thurrock, welcomes that no libraries in Essex will close in the next five years. The decision follows ‘overwhelming’ public outcry with over 21,000 responses.

Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has welcomed the Government’s commitment to bring forward legislation to place ‘Helen’s Law’ on the statue book.

Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, joined fellow MP Mark Francois, Basildon Mayor, Councillors, veterans, Cadets and supporters of the Armed Forces Covenant to pay tribute to the Armed Forces across the weekend (29-30 June 2019).

Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, met with his constituents Jan Curtis, Ann Nash & Linda Allen today (26/06/2019) as part of a 15 000 people strong climate change lobby on Parliament.

Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, has joined children’s palliative care charity Together for Short Lives’ call on NHS England to keep its promise to protect the Children’s Hospice Grant – and go further by increasing it to £25million per year.

Stephen Metcalfe, Member of Parliament for South Basildon and East Thurrock, spent the weekend (15-16 June) celebrating the communities of East Tilbury and Pitsea.