Speaking with local CLP members in Faversham - 02/02/12
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 Yesterday I joined Faversham Labour Party members at Queen Elizabeth School for a 'Question Time' style Q&A and discussion with students. Local Labour Party Chair, Barry Hefferon, and Cllr...
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Joining Labour Members of the Culture, Tourism and Sport Board - 19/01/12
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 Yesterday I joined the Labour members of the Culture, Tourism and Sport Board of the LGA including Guy Nicholson, Anne Hutton, Veronica Ward, Caitlin Bisknell and Bambos Charalambous....
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Roundtable on growth and innovation in the Music Industry - 19/01/12
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 On Thursday 19th January I was pleased to attend the roundtable on growth and innovation in the Music Industry, hosted by Jo Dipple, acting CEO of UK Music....
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Film industry review offers important opportunity for Government to support the industry - 16/01/12
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Chris Smith’s excellent Review on the film industry offers an important opportunity for the Government to give the film industry the support it needs and deserves, and to welcome a...
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Congratulations to Seema Malhotra and team Labour for great result in Feltham and Heston - 17/12/11
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Congratulations to Seema Malhotra and team Labour on a great result in the Feltham and Heston by-election with an increased majority of 6,203 and a 8.6% swing from the Tories...
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Challenging the Government to explain school sports budget cuts - 15/12/11
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Today, at Culture, Media and Sports Oral questions in the House of Commons, I challenged the Government to explain why they have cut the school sports budget by 64%. School...
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Speaking at Mitcham and Morden Labour Party Social - 14/12/11
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 Last night I spoke to Mitcham and Morden Labour Party members at their CLP Christmas dinner. There was a fantastic turnout and it was great to meet committed and active...
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Joining Bromley Labour Party members - 13/12/11
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 Last night I joined GLA candidate Cllr Josie Channer, and members from Bromley and Chislehurst, Beckenham, Orpington and Lewisham West and Penge CLPs. I was interested to hear from them...
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Speaking to Milton Keynes Labour Party members – 08/12/11
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On Thursday 8 December, I spoke to Labour Party members in Milton Keynes about the impact of the government cuts on the area and Labour’s five point plan for...
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Clegg's public anger at Cameron's disastrous EU decision is matched only by his private acquiescence - 12/12/11
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The headlines are shouting Nick Clegg thinks this is a bad deal for Britain, yet he is the Deputy Prime Minister in a government which has taken this action...
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Guardian 'Non-rioters are upset too' - 09/12/11
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Headlines reporting the Guardian and London School of Economics' Reading the Riots research have pointed to widespread anger and frustration with the police as one of the principal causes. Disappointingly,...
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Meeting Bonnie Greer - 06/12/11
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 Today Dan Jarvis, Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport, and I met Bonnie Greer. Bonnie is a playwright and novelist and is also a trustee of the British Museum....
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Joining friends and colleagues at the Muslim Friends of Labour dinner - 06/12/11
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 Last night I joined friends and colleagues at the Muslim Friends of Labour dinner. The dinner celebrates the diversity of the Labour Party and the contribution that the Muslim community...
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Government must ensure BBC remains strong and independent - 01/12/11
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In a speech in a House of Commons debate on BBC cuts today I said:
Mr Speaker, can I thank members who have tabled this motion...
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Calling on the BBC to ensure women are included on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist - 30/11/11
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Today I called on the BBC to ensure women are included on the BBC Sports Personality of the Year shortlist. It is wrong that there are no women on the...
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