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Gareth Bacon
Jan 29, 20211 min read
Orpington Health and Wellbeing Centre Visit
Today I visited the Orpington Health and Wellbeing Centre to see one of our local vaccine sites in action, administering vaccines to...
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Gareth Bacon
Jan 29, 20212 min read
Orpington NHS, vaccine and coronavirus update
Published on the 29th January 2021 I've received a new vaccination update from our Clinical Commissioning Group, NHS South East London...
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Gareth Bacon
Jan 12, 20213 min read
Orpington vaccine update
UPDATED 9TH FEBRUARY I wanted to update you on how the NHS is delivering coronavirus vaccinations across the Orpington constituency. The...
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Gareth Bacon
Jan 7, 20212 min read
Orpington NHS update
Published on the 7th January 2021 I spoke with the Chief Executive of King's College NHS Trust this morning, and I wanted to update you...
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Gareth Bacon
Jan 5, 20212 min read
New support for Orpington's businesses
Today the Chancellor has unveiled new support for businesses to protect livelihoods during the national lockdown. The £4.6 billion...
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Gareth Bacon
Jan 4, 20212 min read
National Lockdown: Stay Home, Save Lives
The Prime Minister announced tonight that England will enter lockdown. Once again, we must stay home, protect the NHS and save lives....
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Gareth Bacon
Dec 30, 20202 min read
UK-EU Trade Deal Approved
After spending a great deal of time reading the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, I voted in favour of the deal today. This is a...
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Gareth Bacon
Dec 19, 20201 min read
What Tier 4 means for Orpington
After the Prime Minister's announcement, Orpington will move into the new Tier 4 rules from tomorrow morning. A new variant of...
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Gareth Bacon
Dec 16, 20201 min read
What Tier 3 means for Orpington
Unfortunately, from Wednesday (16th December), Orpington will move into Tier 3 with the rest of Greater London. Coronavirus is spreading...
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Gareth Bacon
Dec 12, 20202 min read
One year of delivering for Orpington
A year ago today, the country went to the polls to elect a new Parliament to break the Brexit deadlock. And you elected me to be your new...
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Gareth Bacon
Dec 8, 20202 min read
Khan splashes £250k on statue toppling commission
New figures have revealed that Sadiq Khan will spend nearly £250,000 next year on his statue-toppling commission despite City Hall facing...
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Gareth Bacon
Dec 1, 20201 min read
A tiered system can let us live alongside the virus
When the national restrictions end tonight, the choice England faced was yet more lockdowns, an unrestricted return to normal life or a...
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 23, 20201 min read
Changes to 'EWS1' process to help homeowners
Over the weekend, Government has announced significant changes to the 'EWS1' process, which had prevented thousands of people from...
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 23, 20203 min read
Orpington 1st column: Reopening Orpington
England’s four-week lockdown is an opportunity to drastically drive down coronavirus so Orpington can re-open and then stay open...
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 7, 20202 min read
Getting Orpington back into Tier 1
After the four week national lockdown in England, the three-tiered local lockdown system will return. When it does, I will continue to...
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 4, 20202 min read
Why I reluctantly backed lockdown
This week, I voted for a four-week national lockdown in England to protect people, prevent our NHS from being overwhelmed and save lives....
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 3, 20201 min read
Overseas Operations Bill to stop tank chasing lawyers
This week, I voted in favour of the Overseas Operations Bill, which will protect our Armed Forces personnel from vexatious claims. As a...
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 3, 20202 min read
Protecting jobs and businesses during lockdown
On Thursday, England will enter a new time-limited lockdown for four weeks to stop the spread of coronavirus, protect our NHS and save...
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Gareth Bacon
Nov 1, 20202 min read
From Thursday: Stay Home, Protect the NHS, Save Lives
Last night, the Prime Minister announced that England would go into a second lockdown from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December....
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Gareth Bacon
Oct 22, 20202 min read
Statement on Free School Meals
Some constituents have asked me to explain the Labour motion yesterday on free school meals during non-school time. It is important to...
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