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Your Local Mps Working Together for Southend - Advertisement Feature - David’s 25th Anniversary NUMBER OF Dinner LETTERS TO MPS David celebrates 25 years in the Commons (from left): Anne Widdecombe MP, Mark François MP, his daughter Katherine, David, his wife Julia, Frank Carson and HM Queen Elizabeth SOARS IN impersonator, Mary Reynolds James awards winners of Christmas card competition ECONOMIC CRISIS James hosted the winners of his annual Christmas James Duddridge MP and David Amess Card design competition in the Houses of Parliament MP have become aware of a significant in early December. increase in the number of letters they The five students from local schools were selected from over 100 entries to have their designs printed on James’s Christmas receive from constituents since the Card which is then sent out to over 1,000 people in Rochford, economic problems of the country have Southend and London. The theme of this year’s competition started to take hold in Southend. was ‘Christmas in Westminster’ and the winning card which showed Santa climbing Big Ben was designed by David James, who is Member of rate cuts, and others are Mackay from Hinguar Primary School. Parliament for Rochford having to move house to The four runners up, who feature on the back of James’ card and Southend East, and bring their bills back in line were: David who is MP for with what they can afford.” • Lola Goss - Hamstel Infant School Southend West have both • Harry Fuller - Great Wakering Primary School seen a dramatic rise in With the economy in the • Noor-ul-Huda - Temple Sutton Primary School the numbers of difficulty it is, both James • Woody Marron - Bourne’s Green Junior School constituents asking for and David are doing The five winning children and their parents were invited to the help with financial related everything they can to House of Commons for a tour following which the children problems. help constituents who were presented with their certificates and goody bags as prizes. contact them about James said, “I am so pleased that the Christmas card James said, “Constituents problems. economic troubles, with either David or I as soon competition got so many entries again this year from so many will often write to me about talented young artists. all manner of things - such David added, “I am many people who were as they think they may be as problems they’re particularly concerned for reluctant to tighten their getting into financial “I really enjoyed meeting the winner and runners up of my having with housing, or the elderly population of Christmas spending. Now trouble, and we will do Christmas card competition in Westminster and I hope that Southend. Elderly people everything we can to help. they enjoyed their day. Congratulations to David and the wanting to express their that the festive season has runners up for their wonderful designs.” opinion on a contentious are hardest hit in times of passed the issue of issue like immigration, the recession as they receive financial difficulties can no “The Citizens Advice European Union or a diminishing pension at longer be avoided. Bureau is also an Southend Airport. As their the same time as having extremely helpful MP I want to listen to to face higher energy bills. James said, “That is why organisation which can people and take note of I would urge anyone who it is really important that offer detailed advice on a which issues are is troubled by the state of people get in touch with range of scenarios.” particularly affecting their finances to contact residents. me.” Inside cover: “Recently I have noticed James is also concerned Find out who’s your local MP that many more people about how the economy - and how to contact him are writing about financial and Southend residents Inside back cover: problems they are having. will fare once we’re well Southend Womens Aid Some are struggling to get into the New Year. He credit, others can’t keep believes that much of the Back cover: up their mortgage population has not yet felt Help for Essex Business repayments despite the the full impact of the PromotedINSIDE: on their own behalves by James Duddridge MP and David Amess MP, both of House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA and paid for from their respective Communications Allowances. Your local MPs working together for Southend Who’s your local MP? David Amess and James Duddridge work together for the residents of Southend - but only one of them is your local representative in Parliament. If you need help or advice, or want to speak to your MP for any reason, here’s who Foulness you should Island l l contact: l l l Rochford l l l l l l l l l Barling l l l l l l l ROCHFORD l l Great Eastwood l COUNCIL l l Little Wakering Rochford l Southend l l l Wakering l l West l Prittlewell l l SOUTHEND l l Leigh-on- l l COUNCIL Sea Shoeburyness l l l l l l l l Southchurch l l l lWestcliff-l l l l l l l l l l l l Southend l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l lPIERl l l l l l l l l l l l l l on-Sea l l l l l l l Westcliff l l l l l l l l l l l Stn. Thorpe Bay Southend East Representing the Representing the Southend wards of: Southend wards of: Belfairs, Kursaal, Milton, Blenheim Park, Prittlewell (east side), St Luke’s, Chalkwell, Shoeburyness, Southchurch, Eastwood Park, Thorpe, Victoria and West Leigh, Shoebury Prittlewell (west side), St Laurence, Representing the Rochford wards of: West Leigh and Barling & Sutton, Foulness & Westborough Great Wakering and Rochford MP for Southend MP for Rochford & West Southend East David Amess James Duddridge Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 020 7219 3452 Tel: 01702 616 135 Fax: 020 7219 2245 Fax: 01702 619 071 Write to: Write to: David Amess MP James Duddridge MP House of Commons Strand House London SW1A 0AA 742 Southchurch Road, SS1 2PS www.davidamessmp.com www.jamesduddridge.com If you want to be totally certain, visit www.theyworkforyou.com and enter your postcode It’s warm on the Southend front On Friday 28th November, Lampard to celebrate the fact his ensure that the home is David visited constituent home is now warm all year round! adequately and affordably heated Mr Eric Lampard at his David is an enthusiastic supporter and the occupants are free from home in Belfairs Park Drive the health risks posed by cold, of the Warm Homes Campaign, damp homes; a factor known to to promote the 2008 Warm especially since he was the exacerbate conditions such as Homes Campaign which is architect of the Warm Homes and circulatory and respiratory being run by the National Energy Conservation Act of 2000, disease. Energy Action group. which requires the Government to alleviate and eventually With latest figures from National Mr Lampard lives in a detached eradicate fuel poverty. During Energy Action stating that 17.2% house which he owns. With the the winter of 2006-2007 there of households in Southend West help of National Energy Action, were more than 22,000 excess are living in fuel poverty, David his home has benefited from the winter deaths in England. More and James are urging all those installation of loft insulation, two than 90% of these deaths occur across Southend as a whole to new radiators and low-energy in the pensioner population. With find out if they might be eligible lightbulbs, and he has received recent fuel price increases, there for help from the Warm Front energy advice. This work was is no better time to help avert scheme. carried out under the Warm Front such a high number of Scheme which Mr Lampard is preventable deaths. Energy eligible for as he is in receipt of efficiency schemes such as You can call Pension Credit. David is pictured Warm Front provide heating and 0800 316 2805 or visit David with Southend resident and Warm Front enjoying a hot drink with Mr insulation improvements to www.warmfront.co.uk beneficiary, Mr Eric Lampard MPs attend official opening of Fire Station Headquarters James and David with staff from the Southend Women’s Aid and representatives from the Big Lottery Fund Southend Women’s Aid In October James and scheme of work with victims of Project is available to the women David visited a charitable domestic violence. The and children of Southend who may, project in Southend which programme of support and tragically, one day need to call on had received funding from counselling on offer aims to its services. The staff here are James and David with other Essex MPs at the opening develop services for sufferers to committed to their work and of the Essex Fire Service Headquarters the Lottery to help its work. include parenting skills, individual committed to the people who Southend Women’s Aid in therapy, communication skills and approach them for help.” James and David were invited to attend the opening Southend East, or the Dove trauma recovery. Individual of the new Essex Fire Service Headquarters in Project as it is called in Southend therapy is provided to children Whilst Southend Women’s Aid was Kelvedon. West, provides a support facility experiencing emotional and fortunate to receive the funding to help victims of domestic they did, David has become The Essex County and Fire Service relocated to the new educational difficulties as a result premises from their previous headquarters in Rayleigh Close.
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