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Stopping the Health Bill8 Feb 2012As the Health and Social Care Bill is debated again in the House of Lords, Dave has responded to constituents who continue to express concern about the changes. He has had a huge number of contacts from constituents expressing their concerns and has pledged to keep on pressing the government to recognise the concerns which many constituents have about this the changes which will come about from the Health and Social Care Bill. |
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Region's rise reversed8 Feb 2012As a quarter of the UK's economy, the North just a few years ago was second only to London in terms of increases in the numbers of people in work and self-employment as well as VAT registered companies. Writing in the local press, Dave says that this has gone into sharp reverse with the North-south gap is widening with job losses four times higher here than down south as the coalition borrows even more to pay the dole bill. |
Coalition U-turn on MOTs6 Feb 2012Dave says a coalition U-turn shows that backbench MPs and public pressure can sometimes work. Justine Greening, the Transport Secretary, has made a government U-turn on the frequency of MOT tests. |
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Cuts threaten anti-racist football charity2 Feb 2012Dave has voiced his concern about funding threats to the charity, "Show Racism the Red Card". As the government cuts support to the voluntary sector, charities such as this face a very uncertain future. |
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Firefighters paying for deficit31 Jan 2012Dave has attacked pension proposals for firefighters. They are facing a pension contribution increase from 11% to 16% for no extra pension and it is argued is in effect a 5% pay cut. |
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Get warm grants before they go!28 Jan 2012Dave is urging people to apply for grants to make their homes warmer before the money stops. He says that local people should take advantage of unused funds in the Government's Warm Front energy scheme to help make their homes warmer and cut their energy bills this winter before the money dries up at the end of March. |
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PM errors at PMQs26 Jan 2012Dave has highlighted errors the Prime Minister made in his answers at Prime Minister's Questions yesterday. Quoting official figures, Dave says the PM gave incorrect facts about employment measures, bank lending, the number of children in workless households and the amount of Disability Living Allowance paid to disabled children. |
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Never again19 Jan 2012Dave this week signed a Book of Commitment in the Commons to remember the Holocaust. Events to mark the Holocaust are taking place around the country in the run-up to Holocaust Memorial Day on Friday 27 January, and Dave says it is important to remember that bigotry and persecution led to the murder of six million people and it is essential for making sure such things never happen again. |
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Patients before profit16 Jan 2012In a Commons debate on the NHS, Dave has said that profits should not come before patients. He accused the government of starting the privatisation of the NHS and he pointed out the effects of energy privatisation, asking is this what we want for our NHS? |
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Fair on Taxes and Energy18 Jan 2012Everybody should pay their taxes, and big companies should not get favoured treatment from HMRC. Dave writes this week about tax avoidance by big companies and the Big Six energy companies in particular. He says prepayment customers should be on the cheapest tariff and no child should be left cold this winter. |
Call to curb 'Pubcos'15 Jan 2012Dave is backing calls by a committee of MPs for fairer rents for pub tenants. The Commons Backbench Business Committee is calling for a statutory code of practice to govern the relationship between the companies that own pubs and the landlords that run them. |
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Backing for HS2, not for Astor13 Jan 2012Dave is backing the government's plan for high speed rail. But he also condemned comments by Conservative Peer Lord Astor who said northern Labour MPs were backing the line because they relished the idea of despoiling the Chiltern Hills, a mainly Tory area. |
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Thanks from the troops, and to you11 Jan 2012Dave salutes the work of the team who organised more than 1400 Christmas Care parcels for service men and women overseas. The bulk went to Afghanistan but some went to the Falklands. Dave writes in the local press how he felt privileged to support this. |
Taxpayers subsidising rail shareholders9 Jan 2012As rail fares soar above inflation, Dave has called for a return to British Rail. The taxpayer pays for about 40% of the cots of the railways but the profits go to the shareholders of the privatised rail companies. |
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Too far, too fast; now too little too late4 Jan 2012Dave writes that the government cut too much too quickly with disastrous effect, and now they are backtracking a little but too late as we head for another recession. He challenges the idea the idea that 'the state' is the problem and argues it is part of the solution. |
'Sweetheart' tax deals slammed20 Dec 2011Dave has called the revelations that billions have been lost to the taxpayer a shocking indictment of the tax system. This comes after the Commons Public Accounts Committee reported that HMRC failed to handle tax negotiations with some big companies properly. |
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Give an alarm for Christmas17 Dec 2011Dave is urging people to buy a carbon monoxide alarm for Christmas. The dangers of carbon monoxide poisoning are being highlighted as families start to come together for Christmas as part of a campaign to boost the use of audible alarms to stop preventable deaths. |
North-East jobless now worst in UK15 Dec 2011As unemployment continues to rise, Dave says he thinks it will even worse. In the three months to October 12,000 jobs in the North-East went and at 11.7%, the region's jobless rate is the worst in the country and the worst since John Major was PM. |
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Scorn for Chancellor's 'headcount' comment7 Dec 2011Dave has poured scorn on the remark by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which he referred to the 'headcount' of job losses. In a Commons speech on the economy, Dave pointed out that these are men and women, flesh and blood - people with kids, with mortgages, with debt, and with holidays, cars and Christmas to pay for, and they face a future with no hope because this Government put the interests of the market before the interests of the people. |
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