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Tories propose selling public services as Ryanair style ‘extras’

A Tory-run London council is to offer "Ryanair-style" public services in a radical experiment that could provide a blueprint for a David Cameron government.

Here’s David Cameron trying to come across as all cuddly and caring, the acceptable face of the new Conservatives. But those of us at the coal face fighting the Tories at council

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How Brits are using #welovetheNHS to support Obama

Last October I went on holiday to Philadelphia, which is in Pennsylvania and was one of the key states that Barack Obama needed to win. We ended up as a bit of a busman’s holiday as we spent a good bit of time campaigning for Obama. For the holiday we did a house swap with

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Help for victims of domestic violence in summer holidays

Whilst most people are looking forward to their summer holidays, it’s a big concern that hundreds of women in Leeds will be worried about the summer holidays because it will mean spending more time with their violent partner. Leeds City Council report that in the summer holiday last year as many as 800 domestic violence

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Cut in Elmet and Rothwell and it hurts our people

The local Conservatives in Elmet and Rothwell are showing their true colours. Alan Lamb, a Wetherby councillor, on his blog, is calling for cuts in public services. He even goes as far as to say and I quote “I hope, and the signs are encouraging, that my party will go into the next general election

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Incinerator issue burns on

Just an update on the ongoing incinerator issue (the proposed waste treatment plant), the council have four bidders for the plant, three are proposing the use of ‘energy from waste’ whilst the fourth is proposing ‘mechanical biological treatment’. Three of the bidders are intending to use the former wholesale markets site on Pontefract Lane, whilst

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lap dancing clubs have the same licence as cafes

This is a pic from the protest in Parliament Square I mentioned in my last post. Object and Fawcett took part and it was good to see a good few MPs there!

I wrote to my two local Labour MPs about this urging them to support the EDM and I’m pleased to say that both

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Lapdancing clubs need law reform

I’m in London tomorrow looking at venues for a conference I’m organizing so I’ll be able to join the Fawcett Society protest as part of their ‘Sexism in the City’ campaign. Having written to my local Labour MP Colin Challen to ask him to support the EDM 1375 and Roberta Blackman Woods’ 10 Minute Rule

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Older people benefit from Labour

I was very pleased to see in the budget this week that Alistair Darling gave a substantial increase to the winter fuel allowance, £250 from £200 for the over-60s, and from £300 to £400 for those above the age of 80. This will benefit 9 million pensioners. Older people should be valued and the Labour

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Tory and Lib Dem cuts hurt older people hard

I’m standing as the Labour Party candidate for Rothwell in the forthcoming local elections and there are some really big issues where there is a massive difference between the stand of the Lib Dems, who are the current ward councillors, and myself and the Labour Party. I hope that local people will decide who they

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Lib Dem Incinerator concerns of Rothwell residents

This is one of the biggest issues for Leeds for a long time and one which many residents have told me they are concerned about . Rothwell Lib Dem councillor Steve Smith is in charge of the City Services Department which is planning to build an incinerator to burn the city’s waste. This is a major

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