Rebecca Harris was surprised to hear Labour leader Ed Miliband admit that he would still like to see more immigration into the UK. Even though under Labour immigration rocketed with net migration at a record 2.2 million people – twice the population of Birmingham – the Labour leader refused to admit that they had let too many people into the country. 

Rebecca Harris MP for Castle Point spoke in favour of making St. Georges Day an English bank holiday in a debate in the House of Commons today.

The Borough of Castle Point in Essex registered the highest percentage of ‘No’ votes in Thursday’s referendum on Alterative Vote out of every council district in the UK.

At this year’s Annual Parliamentary Luncheon on the 28th March BALPPA Chairman Adrian Mahon presented Rebecca Harris MP with the Association’s Parliamentarian Champion Award 2010 on behalf of the BALPPA Members.

Popular Conservative Councillor, Ray Howard enjoyed success at yesterdays election retaining both his Borough & Town Council seats on Canvey Island.

Rebecca Harris and Mark Francois, the local Members of Parliament for Castle Point and Rayleigh, attended the Rock for Havens sake music festival at the Mill Hall in Rayleigh, in aid of the Little Havens and Fair Havens hospices.

Conservative Candidate for Canvey South Ward, Chas Mumford paid tribute to the hard work carried out by Ray Howard. Ray made sure that Canvey Island residents did not lose out in the recent Police service review.

Castle Point, Rebecca Harris, has welcomed new figures which show that thousands of children in Castle Point are set to share an extra £525,000 this year under the Coalition government’s new ‘pupil premium’. The pupil premium is a new policy promised by both the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats before the general election last year. It is an extra lump sum of cash which follows every less advantaged child and is received by schools, allowing them to provide additional support such as one-to-one tuition or extra pastoral care.

Conservative Councillor Wendy Goodwin visited Benfleet Station to inspect the new cycle shelters. Wendy had been lobbied by residents to provide an alternative to the previous unsightly practise of chaining bikes to the railings.

Castle Point MP Rebecca Harris met with local members of the Visteon Pension action group at a protest in Westminster today (29th March 2011) after she and other MPs  grilled the Chairman of Ford UK over the collapse of Visteon UK and its pension plan.