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Last week’s news that young people spend nearly eighteen months on the dole before finding a job compared to nine months five years ago is a tragedy for young people across Rochdale.
I’ve been involved with a variety of issues around employment and training – both issues are important to Rochdale locally and the economy nationally.
Last week we finally saw the thaw after what has been without doubt one of the coldest periods we’ve experienced for many years. Looking after people unable to get out of their homes and making sure they have enough food was therefore an important...
The big event in Westminster this week has been the Chancellor’s Pre Budget Speech. As usual much of it had been trailed beforehand in the media.
This week has seen the conclusion of the debate on the Queen’s Speech with votes on its content on Wednesday and Thursday. Both the content of the speech and the debate followed fairly predictable lines having been widely trailed.
This year's Remembrance Sunday services, which I attended at Rochdale and Wardle, were particularly poignant in view of the rising death toll of our troops in Afghanistan. Both services had a large number of local people attending over the last...
The impact of the recession continues to dominate discussion both here in Rochdale and in Westminster. Last week, I raised the issue of funding for hospices with the Prime Minister Gordon Brown. With more people feeling the pinch, donations are down...
Parliament returned this week and predictably the Expenses row returned with MPs each receiving a letter from Sir Thomas Legg. He had been asked by the three party leaders to review MP’s use of the Additional Costs Allowance. I was told that my...
We are in the middle of the party conference season. Last week I was at the Liberal Democrat Conference in Bournemouth, this week Labour is in Brighton and next week the Conservatives are in Manchester. For the national media and those in the...
One of the first Acts of Parliament that I worked on when I became an MP was The Road Safety Act. Among the many extra sanctions introduced was “causing death by dangerous driving”. I was reminded of this last week when I met Paul and Angela Moran...
When Tory frontbench politician Chris Grayling compared gang crime in Moss Side to that of Baltimore as depicted in the Wire his remarks sparked a storm of protest. The same politician last year described Falinge as the benefits capital of Britain...
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