| The Liberal Democrats are soft on crime. Crime is soaring. In the last three years violent crime has risen by 21% and robbery has risen by 42%. To help combat crime, the last Conservative government introduced mandatory prison se... Read More |
| Classroom Violence A teaching union, the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) is set to debate whether children and parents who attack staff should be privately prosecuted.Keypoint:Violence against teachers is ri... Read More |
| Farm Summit The Prime Minister will today hold a farm 'summit' at Downing Street todiscuss 'reform' of the farming industry.Keypoint:Labour do not understand farming and the rural community. They do not seemto ca... Read More |
| Farming seminar to offer nothing but more talk Speaking on BBC Radio 4's Today programme Margaret Beckettindicated that today's farming seminar headed by the Prime Minister would offer only the prospect of further discussions. Peter Ainswort... Read More |
| Brown is no friend of business Commenting on the Chancellor's announcement of Budget business measures, and the rise in company car tax, the Rt Hon Michael Howard, QC MP said: "We welcome any measures that genuinely help business, ... Read More |
| Health Spending The Prime Minister and the Secretary of State for Health will today present a breakdown of the NHS budget in England and Wales over the past financial year to the NHS modernisation board in an attempt... Read More |
| Violent Parents Education Secretary Estelle Morris is expected to announce that Local Education Authorities must crackdown on parents who assault teachers and prosecute them (BBC News Online, 27 March 2002).Keypoint:... Read More |
| Brown deliberately mis-representing healthcare Commenting on the speech this morning by the Chancellor of the Exchequer about the strengths and weaknesses of various methods of funding healthcare systems, Shadow Health Secretary, Dr. Liam Fox MP s... Read More |
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Swindon’s two new Conservative MPs are to be ‘sworn in’ on Thursday 20 May.
The historic ceremony will mean that Justin ...
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Justin and Robert have issued the following statements, reacting to the start of the new Conservative government.
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Swindon’s two new Conservative MPs are this morning beginning their first full working week following their historic election victories last ...
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The Conservatives comfortably retained control of Swindon Borough Council at the local elections on 6 May 2010. The new make-up of the c...
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Justin Tomlinson was elected as the new Conservative MP for North Swindon with a massive majority over the Labour candidate of 7,060
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Robert Buckland was elected MP for South Swindon with a majority of 3,544, beating Labour MP Anne Snelgrove.
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