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Regional Minister welcomes return to growth
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| 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 and business co... |
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Boost for Bristol's High Streets
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| 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... |
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Bournemouth to host 2013 Labour Conference
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| 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 2011-2... |
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Labour Action to Create Jobs
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| 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 th... |
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MP Joins Children's Centres Celebration
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| 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 c... |
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Mixed-sex accommodation to be eliminated across NHS
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| 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 wome... |
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Deep clean slashes hospital infections
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| 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 ... |
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West of England Beats Congestion
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| 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 y... |
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Success in Bristol as Children Returned Home
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| 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... |
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Labour MEP speaks out against racism at Glastonbury
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| PRESS RELEASE 27 June 2008 Labour MEP speaks out against racism at Glastonbury Labour MEP Glyn Ford has been invited to Glastonbury this weekend to speak o... |
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South West Healthier with Labour
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| PRESS RELEASE - 24 June 2008 New figures show that the South West is healthier with Labour New statistics released today show that the South West is healthier as a result of Labour’s investme... |
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Public back Labour's New Eco-towns
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| PRESS RELEASE - 30 June 2008 Public back Labour's new eco-towns A NEW poll released today shows that a clear majority of the public back proposals by the ... |
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John Denham visits Bristol
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| 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 tour of the city on Wednes... |







