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Aberdeen MSP welcomes move towards living wage

By • on February 4, 2012, 12:35 pm

Aberdeen MSP Kevin Stewart has hailed moves by the City Council to introduce a living wage for workers....

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SNP label Salmond BBC ban "bonkers"

By • on February 4, 2012, 11:12 am

The BBC face questions over a last minute decision to ban Scotland’s First Minister from a programme ahead of the Six Nations rugby match....

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Pact with Tories leads to all time low for Labour

By • on February 3, 2012, 5:00 pm

Referendum pact with Tories leads to all-time poll low for Labour....

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Chris Huhne should forfeit ministerial severance pay – Evans

By • on February 3, 2012, 3:33 pm

Chris Evans, Labour MP for Islwyn, said:...

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Disappointed by the Government’s evasive response to the International Development Select Committee’s report on Burundi – Lewis

By • on February 3, 2012, 2:13 pm

Ivan Lewis MP, Labour's Shadow International Development Secretary, responding to the Government’s response to the International Development Select Committee's report on Burundi, said:...

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Appointment of new Energy and Climate Change Secretary is opportunity for Government to change course – Flint

By • on February 3, 2012, 12:54 pm

Caroline Flint MP, Labour’s Shadow Energy and Climate Change Secretary, commenting on the appointment of Ed Davey as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change following Chris Huhne’s resignation, said:...

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Speech on banking – Ed Miliband

By • on February 3, 2012, 9:19 am

Ed Miliband MP, Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party, said today in a speech at the Thomson Reuters Building:...

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Many people will be shocked that this out of touch Government appears not to have dealt with tax avoidance at the top – Leslie

By • on February 3, 2012, 9:10 am

Chris Leslie MP, Labour’s Shadow Financial Secretary to the Treasury, responding to BBC Newsnight reports this evening suggesting that Danny Alexander and David Willetts approved the Chief Executive Officer of the Student Loans Company’s contract, said:...

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Uncertainty whilst John Terry’s case waits to be heard helps no one – Efford

By • on February 2, 2012, 6:03 pm

Clive Efford MP, Labour's Shadow Sport Minister, said concerning John Terry's captaincy of England:...

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No10 has passed the buck to Justine Greening on Network Rail bonuses & she must now act – Maria Eagle

By • on February 2, 2012, 5:55 pm

Maria Eagle MP, Labour's Shadow Transport Secretary, said in response to the admission by Number 10 that the Transport Secretary does have powers over Network Rail bonuses:...

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Green Euro-MP calls on Thanet Council to raise costs for live animal export at Ramsgate Port

By • on February 2, 2012, 5:22 pm

  GREEN EURO-MP CALLS ON COUNCIL TO RAISE COSTS FOR LIVE ANIMAL EXPORTERS AT RAMSGATE PORT   Keith Taylor, the Green MEP for Kent and the South East, has called on Thanet Council to raise the fee for boats using Ramsgate port to export live animals. Keith has written...

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It is deeply concerning that Willetts was happy for the Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company to be appointed in this man

By • on February 2, 2012, 4:10 pm

Shabana Mahmood MP, Labour's Shadow Minister for Higher Education, has written to David Willetts following the Urgent Question which took place in the House of Commons this morning on the pay and tax arrangements for the Chief Executive of the Student Loans Company. Following her letter, she added:...

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There are serious questions to answer over the manner of this announcement on Afghanistan – Alexander & Murphy

By • on February 2, 2012, 1:55 pm

Douglas Alexander MP, Labour's Shadow Foreign Secretary, commenting on the Government's announcement on Afghanistan today, said:...

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Ministers are showing they are desperately out of touch by not acting over Network Rail bonus plan – Maria Eagle

By • on February 2, 2012, 12:55 pm

Maria Eagle MP, Labour’s Shadow Transport Secretary, in advance of next week’s Network Rail General Meeting which is set to approve a new bonus package, said:...

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SNP records highest ever poll lead

By • on February 2, 2012, 12:05 pm

The SNP has scored its highest ever recorded opinion poll lead of 26 per cent, in a stunning new poll released today....

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