Archives: April 2009
Mark Lazarowicz MP
MP allowances - and the G20
Last week, we had a family bereavement, and I've not been blogging for the last few days. Coming back to Westminster, there are two issues dominating the news - the G20, and 'MPs expenses'. I'll be saying something about G20 later, but I thought I should say something about the [...]
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John Mcdonnell MP
Smear Campaign: This is not the Labour Way.;
I have posted this article on the Guradian's Comment is Free Webpage on the issue of the smear campaign.This is not the Labour waySmear tactics like those suggested by Damian McBride drag the party into the gutter, which is why I have called for an inquiry. In the light of [...]
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Mark Lazarowicz MP
After the G20 - and emails
As I mentioned below, I had planned to say something about the significance of the G20 meeting (and I think it was very significant). I will still do that, but I don't think it's possible to do that without first mentioning the event that has overshadowed the G20 in London, [...]
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Steve Webb MP
A barrage of options
After a year of discussions and evidence gathering, we have this week published the results of a joint inquiry by West of England and Welsh Lib Dem parliamentarians and councillors into tidal power from the Severn. You can find it here. At the start of the inquiry, [...]
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John Mcdonnell MP
Alice Mahon Leaves the Labour Party.
I count Alice Mahon as one of the finest socialists I have known. She is a good friend and comrade. In the light of Alice announcing that she has left the Labour Party I put out the following statement as Chair of the LRC.Alice Mahon was one of the hardest [...]
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Mark Lazarowicz MP
Around the constituency - and remembering a leading Nationalist
Parliament is back in session this week, but I thought I would just give a brief update on some of the things I've been up to over the last few days. Friday was a busy day - I didn't have surgeries the previous week because of Easter, and I was [...]
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Julie Morgan MP
Riverside Floor Sanding
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Mark Lazarowicz MP
MP pay & allowances - action now please!
I'm glad that Gordon Brown has announced that he is pushing ahead with major reforms to the system for MP and allowances, and that he will be asking Parliament to vote on them next week. I haven't seen all the details, but they seem very similar to the ones I [...]
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Steve Webb MP
Debt to make your eyes water
Today's Budget contained the usual barrage of figures, but one number really stood out. The Chancellor admitted that this year the Government will spend £175 billion more than it raises in taxes. It's hard to grasp what numbers like this actually mean. But this [...]
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Steve Webb MP
Victory!
Within the last hour we have seen a landmark victory for justice in the House of Commons. On a Liberal Democrat motion the House of Commons voted by a majority of more than twenty to reject the Government's mean-minded response to the Gurkhas and instead to give - [...]
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Dominic Grieve MP
INTEREST RATES
Sensible savers the losers [...]
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