John Barrett (Lib Dem, Ret 2010)

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Former member for Edinburgh West. Retired from parliament in 2010.

Articles written by John Barrett (Lib Dem, Ret 2010)

Barrett calls for bingo boost from Brown

Barrett calls for bingo boost from Brown

By • on August 13, 2009

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, is taking action to secure the future of bingo clubs in Edinburgh after new figures showed...

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John Barrett to stand down from Westminster at the next election

John Barrett to stand down from Westminster at the next election

By • on July 25, 2009

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, will be informing Edinburgh West Liberal Democrat members at 2.00pm on Saturday 25th July...

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John Barrett to stand down at next election – see Barrett’s blog

John Barrett to stand down at next election – see Barrett’s blog

By • on July 25, 2009

John Barrett will be meeting with his local constituency party at 2pm today, Saturday 25th June, to announce that he will be standing down at...

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£16bn in tax credit waste since 2003

£16bn in tax credit waste since 2003

By • on July 21, 2009

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today called for a radical simplification of the Tax Credits System after revealing that...

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Targets alone will not end child poverty

Targets alone will not end child poverty

By • on July 20, 2009

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West has warned that reducing child poverty rates will take renewed investment, not new targets....

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Time to release renewable energy potential

Time to release renewable energy potential

By • on July 6, 2009

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today launched moves in Parliament calling on the Government to drastically increase investment...

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Barrett salutes Armed Forces Day

Barrett salutes Armed Forces Day

By • on June 26, 2009

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today paid tribute to the men and woman who serve in Britain's armed forces at the...

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National Express must not be able to walk away from East Coast franchise

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today called on the Government to rule out any public bail-out for National Express amid reports that the company...

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Families of soldiers killed in iraq deserve full public inquiry

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, today warned the Government that the families of British soldiers killed in Iraq would not accept any inquiry...

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Iraq inquiry must be fully transparent

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West today warned that any inquiry into the war in Iraq must be fully transparent or it would not be accepted by...

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Barrett asks for top mobile moans

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West, has teamed up with Consumer Focus to help tackle the problems faced by mobile phone users in Edinburgh....

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Barrett presses Government on small business support

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West today warned that viable businesses in Edinburgh were facing closure because of a lack of support by the banking...

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Barrett presses Brown on high speed rail pledge

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinbrgh West, today pressed the Prime Minister to commit to an environmentally friendly high speed rail link between central...

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Barrett takes action on vulture funds

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West has backed a bill in parliament to stop so-called ‘vulture funds' profiteering from Third World debt....

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Benefit system failing Edinburgh families

John Barrett, Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West today hit out at Labour's failure to reform the benefit system after new figures indicate that Edinburgh...

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