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- Coalition budget 'regressive' - Ben Bradshaw
Commenting on the news that the IFS has branded the coaliltion budget 'cleary regressive', Labour's Ben Bradshaw said: ''The IFS has now shown that the budget was deeply regressive,...
- Housing benefit cuts to hit working families and pensioners
Kerry McCarthy MP: Housing benefit cuts will hit working families and pensioners across the South West Responding to new figures that show how the Government’s housing benefit cuts will hit...
- Reckless Budget Risks the South West's Jobs and Recovery
Reckless Budget risks the South West’s jobs and recovery The Government yesterday broke its promises by raising VAT. Everyone will pay more, but the poorest will be hit...
- Cameron's snub to the regions
Cameron's
snub to the regions is an insult to the South West - Lord
Mandelson
David
Cameron today revealed that he is the "heir to Thatcher" by letting
slip that the Conservatives would withdraw the...
- Jim Knight responds to the Tories announcement on training
Jim Knight MP, Labour’s Employment
Minister, responding to the Tories announcement on training places
said:
"This
is a pale imitation of what the Government is already doing - and
without the investment needed to deliver...
- Regional Minister welcomes return to growth
Minister for the South West Jim Knight said: "I welcome the news that the UK economy has returned to growth.
The country and the region has pulled together with actions from
government...
- Boost for Bristol's High Streets
MPs welcome High Street boost for empty
shops Today funding announced by the Labour Government to Bristol to
help support local shopping streets hardest hit by the recession
has been welcomed by local...
- Bournemouth to host 2013 Labour Conference
Bournemouth, Liverpool and Manchester for 2011-14 Labour
Party Conferences The Labour Party has selected Bournemouth, Liverpool and
Manchester as the host cities for its annual conferences from
2011-2014. The decision provides for a...
- Labour Action to Create Jobs
The Labour Government has announced additional action to
create jobs and ensure that a generation is not lost to
unemployment. The announcement includes 47,000 new jobs for young
people and the long term...
- European Elections
Glyn Ford,
commenting on the recent European election results,
said: “June
4th was a dispiriting night for all involved in the Labour Party
however it does not mean we cannot make a difference in...
- MP Joins Children's Centres Celebration
Local Labour MP Dawn Primarolo
will visit Hartcliffe Children’s Centre in Bristol today (Friday 8
May), to celebrate news that 3,000 Sure Start Children’s Centres
have now been opened across the country.
Ministers and...
- Mixed-sex accommodation to be eliminated across NHS
Building work has started on the
final phase of eliminating mixed-sex accommodation in NHS hospitals
across England.
The work is part of Labour's pledge to ensure that,
wherever possible, men and women admitted to...
- Deep clean slashes hospital infections
Ben Bradshaw, Labour’s Minister of State for Health
and the South West and Labour MP for Exeter, has congratulated NHS
Trusts throughout the region for their outstanding performance in
slashing the number of...
- West of England Beats Congestion
The West of England will receive
more than £536,000 through the Government’s Urban Congestion
Performance Fund after exceeding congestion tackling targets,
Transport Minister Paul Clark announced yesterday. The money from
the Department for Transport...
- Success in Bristol as Children Returned Home
Jacqui Smith, Labour’s Home
Secretary and Vernon Coaker, Labour’s police minister have welcomed
news that more than 120 children in were safely returned to their
homes this weekend.
The youngsters were taken home after...
- Labour chooses its South West team for the 2009 European Elections
Labour has re-selected Glyn Ford and has
chosen its five other South West Candidates to represent the Party
in the June 2009 European Elections. Following a ballot of Labour Party members in...
- John Denham Visits Bristol
John Denham visits Bristol
The Secretary of State for the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills visited the University of the West of England’s new cutting edge institute while on a...
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