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Why do the Tory devils have all the best tunes?By any standards the IDS so-called welfare reforms are extremely harsh, victimising the poorest for the follies of the ultra-rich bankers, bashing families with disabled children, pressurising the unemployed with over-the-top work capability tests into jobs that don’t exist (there are only 400,000 vacancies for 2.64 million jobless... |
Total number of UK soldiers killed in Afghanistan = 397 It not just the £million bonus. The bailed-out RBS bank has spent...
Jon Cruddas MP has highlighted the plight of local residents in Dagenham and Rainham, left hanging on for boiler repairs in the...
Jon Cruddas MP has joined the debate over responsible capitalism, highlighting the need for pension fund managers to be...
The media is contrasting the US growth rate which hit 2.8% per annum in the last quarter of 2011 favourably...
Several constituents have contacted me recently asking for the location online of the maps of the proposed route for HS2. Therefore,...
The US government has taken a more balanced and steady approach to deficit reduction up to now and they have more than recovered...
The campaign to push back against the relentless pressure to be a singular perfect shape and size continues. Here is my recent...
Last week I met with licensees and retailers from Childwall, Allerton Road, Rose Lane and Penny Lane. The group work together...
Sorry for doing two posts in a day, but because I only found out about this yesterday, and the deadline is short, I didn’t...
Via Survival of the unfittest: why the worst infrastructure gets built—and what we can do about it: [...] Taken together, the...
This morning I was delighted to support the third Harlow Business Exhibition, after meeting with Ian Hudson. I go to the Exhibition...
This week I signed a Book of Commitment in the House of Commons to honour those who died during the Holocaust. Today marks the...
Mr John Redwood (Wokingham) (Con): I rise to support the Prime Minister. I think he had no alternative but to say no to a very...
Despite all the talk of change, when it comes to economic policy the current government has pretty much carried on where...
Local MP and Minister for Care Services, Paul Burstow visited Boots Opticians on Sutton High Street on Friday 27th January to find out why regular eye tests are so important in preventing blindness. 1.8
Steve and his team canvassing in Olde Hanwell for the “Save Ealing Hospital” petition, where they collected around 120 signatures.
Member of Parliament for Leeds North West Greg Mulholland has today met with the England Rugby Union squad, at a special open training session at the Leeds University training ground at Weetwood, in the
This week the economic news is focussed on the disappointing growth figures for the last quarter of 2011. This triggered a flurry of expert and some not-so-expert advice for the Chancellor of the Exchequer
William Bain MP upped the pressure on Tory and Liberal Democrat ministers on soaring energy prices at Energy and Climate Change questions in the House of Commons on Thursday by demanding action to cut
William Bain MP challenged Prime Minister David Cameron at Prime Minister’s Questions this afternoon to drop his plans to limit Employment and Support Allowance for recovering cancer patients to one
Shadow Scotland Office Minister William Bain MP gave strong support in Parliament for the proposals of the High Pay Commission given mounting public anger about excessive pay and social inequality. Speaking
Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, in response to a 20% increase in the number of cancelled urgent operations, said:
Information released today for the first time shows that secondary schools in Bath and North East Somerset Learning Authority need extra support to help pupils from disadvantaged backgrounds achieve their
Labour’s shadow Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, has backed down and supported the Government’s pay freeze for police officers which will save £350 million.
Margot writes for the Huffington Post website... Metal theft in the UK has reached endemic levels. Barely a day goes by, it seems, without more news of the theft of lead from church roofs, railway line
