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A new low in Labour's donations history |
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Greg Clark has condemned the Labour Party after it was forced to pay back a £15,000 donation from the children's charity Catz Club.
Charities are prohibited by law from giving money to political parties, and Labour were forced to repay the money after an investigation by the Charity Commission.
Catz Club runs after-school clubs that have received charitable funding from the national lottery and have been endorsed by Government Ministers, including Ed Miliband.
Greg, the Shadow Charities Minister, said, "It beggars belief that Labour should accept money from a lottery funded charity that surely needs all the money it can get to fund its clubs for disadvantaged schoolchildren."
And he stressed, "After the cash for honours investigation, Peter Hain's resignation and the David Abrahams scandal, taking money from children's charities strikes a new low in Labour's donations history." ....
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Sun Sep 07, 2008
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Brown "in denial" |
George Osborne has accused Mr. Brown of being "in denial" about both the economic crisis facing Britain and the internal challenges to his leadership.
The Shadow Chancellor contrasted Brown's optimistic view of the economy with Darling's comments that the economic problems will be more profound and longer lasting than people expected.
And he stressed that, "At a time when Britain needs strong and united leadership with a clear sense of direction, we have a Labour Government descending into civil war and a Chancellor and a Prime Minister who publicly disagree on the severity of the problems we face." .... |
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Fri Aug 29, 2008
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Labour spin continues |
New figures have shown that the era of Labour spin has not ended, with Gordon Brown actually spending more than Tony Blair on advertising and marketing.
Despite pledging a 'new type of politics' and promising to avoid the 'easy path of short-term slogans', Brown has overseen a £54 million increase in spin in his first year as Prime Minister.
The 2007/08 bill for Government advertising, marketing and publicity was £391 million, an increase of 16% from the year before.
Greg Clark MP, Shadow Minister for the Cabi .... |
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Wed Aug 27, 2008
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Improving public health |
Andrew Lansley has set out plans to improve public health by encouraging people to take responsibility for their lifestyle and health.
In a speech entitled 'No excuses, no nannying', the Shadow Health Secretary proposed a new public health strategy that gives everyone the information, opportunities and incentives to lead a healthier life, but does not tell people what to do:
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Fri Aug 22, 2008
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Plans to cut household energy bills by £100 |
George Osborne and Alan Duncan have announced plans to reform the Post Office Card Account (POCA) and potentially reduce the energy bills of up to four million people by £100.
Under our proposals, families without bank accounts will be able to use their POCA to pay utility bills using the equivalent of a direct debit. This will enable them to benefit from the lower energy and water tar .... |
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Thu Aug 21, 2008
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100,000 operations cancelled |
New information uncovered under the Freedom of Information Act has revealed that over 100,000 NHS operations were cancelled last year for non-clinical reasons.
More than 10,000 operations were cancelled because of bed shortages, nearly 4,000 because of equipment failure and over 11,000 because of staffing shortages.
The Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, said it was &qu .... |
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Wed Aug 20, 2008
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An unfair Britain |
The Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne, will detail how Labour's policies have made Britain more unfair in a speech today.
He will explain that a decade of Labour's top-down state control policies have created an Unfair Britain:
- The number of people in deep poverty has increased
- Mr. Brown's stealth taxes mean the poorest now pay more of their income in tax than .... |
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Sun Aug 17, 2008
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David meets Georgian leaders |
David Cameron has met with Georgian leaders, including the Prime Minister, the President, and the Foreign Minister, to discuss the situation in the country.
He visited Georgia's capital, Tbilisi, where he heard for himself what was happening on the ground.
And he stressed the importance of Britain, one of the world's oldest democracies, standing up for the newer democracy of .... |
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Fri Aug 15, 2008
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Action needed to halt rising unemployment |
Chris Grayling has described the news that unemployment rose by 60,000 between April and June as "an extremely worrying development".
Figures from the Office for National Statistics show that the unemployment rate has increased to 5.4%, with 1.67 million people now out of work.
Chris, the Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, said that such a "striki .... |
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Fri Aug 15, 2008
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A-level results highlight opportunity gap |
Michael Gove, the Shadow Children's Secretary, has described the large regional differences in this year's A-level results as "very worrying".
The South East recorded a 50% higher proportion of A-grades at A-level than the North East, and three times the rate of improvement since 2002.
Michael stressed, "The Government is letting down children in the more disad .... |
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Fri Aug 08, 2008
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David wishes Team GB luck |
David Cameron has written to Team GB to wish them luck in the Olympics Games in Beijing.
He stressed it was a "great honour" to represent Britain at the "greatest stage in world sport", and said:
"The whole country is incredibly excited and proud to have such a strong and enthusiastic team."
David said that he was looking forward to th .... |
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Thu Aug 07, 2008
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Labour's "damaging" Stamp Duty games |
Philip Hammond, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, has accused Alistair Darling of playing "damaging short term games" with the property market over the possible suspension of Stamp Duty.
In a letter to the Chancellor, Philip said that the housing market needs "certainty and a steady hand" and attacked Labour for floating a suspension of Stamp Duty without c .... |
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Wed Aug 06, 2008
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20,000 cases of pests in NHS hospitals |
The Shadow Health Secretary, Andrew Lansley, has called for a huge improvement in hygiene standards at NHS hospitals after new evidence revealed high levels of pest infestations.
Between January 2006 and March 2008, there were nearly 20,000 infestations or suspected infestations, with one NHS Trust experiencing over 1000 pest incidents.
80% of Trusts had problems with ants, 6 .... |
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