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Warmer Homes, Greener Homes

By Gisela Stuart (Lab) • on March 12, 2010, 12:23 am

The plans for a proposed ‘green’ transformation of Britain’s homes which will take place over the next decade, making them warmer and cheaper to run, has been welcomed by Gisela Stuart. The Labour Government’s new ‘Warmer Homes, Greener Homes’ strategy will aim to help up to 7 million UK households to benefit from...

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Bruce George MP – Final Advertiser Column

By Bruce George (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 10:45 pm

I’ve been writing this column since the Advertiser first appeared on Walsall’s streets around 30 years ago. I must admit that my columns haven’t always been riveting and exciting and occasionally if I haven’t proofread what I’ve dictated, the odd spelling and grammatical errors have crept...

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MP leads campaign for Westminster lights to go off

By Dan Rogerson (Lib Dem) • on March 11, 2010, 6:59 pm

Local MP, Dan Rogerson, has publicly backed WWF’s Earth Hour 2010 event and is spearheading the campaign for the Houses of Parliament to take part too.Related posts:Lights out for Earth Hour – MP Local MP Dan Rogerson supports ‘Stop Cliamte Chaos’ event Rogerson welcomes Holiday...

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Tory threat to new schools cash

By Dan Rogerson (Lib Dem) • on March 11, 2010, 6:53 pm

New cash for Cornish schools could be under threat if the Conservative Party takes a majority of seats at the next election.Related posts:Cornwall schools funding blow MPs congratulate Cornish schools Local MP welcomes new rules for charging cash machines ...

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Iraq memorial re-dedicated

By Prime Minister's Office • on March 11, 2010, 4:15 pm

A momument to 179 people who lost their lives in the Iraq war has been re-dedicated at a service in the East Midlands today. The Prime Minister and his wife were among those who attended the ceremony at the Basra Memorial Wall in the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire. The wall was originally...

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Walverden Water Flood Alleviation Scheme

By Gordon Prentice (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 4:07 pm

Work on the Walverden Water Flood Alleviation Scheme gets under way in April and, according to the Environment Agency, is expected to take about a year. The Agency told local MP, Gordon Prentice, that the £2 million investment is needed to reduce the flood risk to businesses and properties in the...

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MP Backs High Speed Rail

By Gordon Prentice (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 3:41 pm

Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has enthusiastically welcomed Government plans, published today, to build a new high speed railway north from London to create a network linking the capital to Birmingham, Manchester, the East Midlands, Sheffield and Leeds, with trains running at up to 250 miles per hour. The...

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Revolutionised Rail Travel

By Gisela Stuart (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 2:28 pm

Gisela Stuart welcomes today’s announcement by Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis on the proposals to revolutionise Britain’s rail network by delivering a high speed rail network linking London to Birmingham, Manchester, the East Midlands, Sheffield and Leeds, with trains running at up to...

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Hermon Condemns Hammer Gang Attack

By Sylvia Hermon (UU) • on March 11, 2010, 1:00 pm

“It is an absolute disgrace that a gang of thugs should take the law into their own hands and attack a group of people in a house on Beechwood Gardens in the early hours of Sunday morning. Such violent and intimidatory behaviour is to be utterly condemned, and I would appeal to any witnesses or anyone...

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Foreign ‘danger lorries’ sneaking on to Britain’s roads

By Richard Bacon (Con) • on March 11, 2010, 12:50 pm

• Foreign HGVs cause more deaths per kilometre travelled than British lorries. • VOSA inspectors barred from one port for causing 'commercial disadvantage'. Commenting on the publication of the Commons public accounts committee’s report on the way the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency (VOSA)...

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Squatters move in after Haringey Council fails to act on empty home

By Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem) • on March 11, 2010, 10:48 am

A family-sized home, left empty by Haringey Council for nearly a year, has now been taken over by squatters, despite promises by Housing bosses that it would be brought back into use this month. The property, at 15 Nelson Road, Stroud Green (N8), was occupied last week, three months after local Liberal...

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Mail Column

By Iain Wright (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 10:16 am

I wrote last week in my column about the Veterans Minister coming to Hartlepool and meeting with people from Hartlepool who had served in the Armed Forces.I’d written that Hartlepool is a strong military town and I certainly had evidence of that in the days after my column...

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Mail Column

By Iain Wright (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 10:14 am

I wrote last week in my column about the Veterans Minister coming to Hartlepool and meeting with people from Hartlepool who had served in the Armed Forces.I’d written that Hartlepool is a strong military town and I certainly had evidence of that in the days after my column...

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Free Energy Display Meters

By Gisela Stuart (Lab) • on March 11, 2010, 12:53 am

Gisela Stuart is backing a new initiative, led by British Gas, which aims to improve school children’s knowledge and awareness of energy use and efficiency by offering free energy display meters to publicly funded schools. The free meters will provide an accurate real-time reading of how much...

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