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                           <title><![CDATA[The cost of NHS re-organisation]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Campaigning against the Government's plans for the NHS
New figures revealed by the Labour Party reveal the hidden costs of redundancy pay-outs in Bolton arising from David Cameron's NHS re-organisation.  The figures come as a leaked report from the Department of Health confirms the full costs of the reorganisation at...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Get set for Winter]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The rising cost of fuel is an issue that many people raise with me and I&rsquo;m sure it will be at the front of many people&rsquo;s minds now that the temperatures are starting to fall. I am a keen supporter of the Winter Fuel Allowance and have been calling for...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Hear To Help]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last week I visited a &ldquo;Hear To Help&rdquo; drop-in session in Harwood Library. The session was run by Action On Hearing Loss to see the work of the charity&rsquo;s volunteers. They provide free one-to-one support to local residents who are having difficulty getting the best performance from their hearing aids....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[A Sure Start for a better future]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[This article was originally published in The House Magazine on September 26th 2011. Sure Start is an achievement of the previous Government&rsquo;s that will survive in the long term because it is simply a very good idea.   Eventually it will sit alongside the Welfare State, the NHS and...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Speaking up for British business]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Speaking to Granada Reports about the importance of local businesses   My constituents raise a wide variety of issues with me on a daily basis, from questions about Government policy decisions to requests for help with very personal matters. In recent months I have seen a trend that links...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Commons Speech of the Year]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last week I was honoured to win the House Magazine award for Commons Speech of the Year. MPs had the chance to vote on the award from a shortlist of four and I am told that more MPs voted in this year&rsquo;s awards than ever before. The other MPs on...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Bolton TUC "Hands off our Pensions" meeting]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last night Bolton TUC held a public meeting about public sector pensions. I was unable to attend the meeting but I did send this message of support: I am sorry that I cannot be with you all in Bolton for today&rsquo;s public meeting about public sector pensions. I will be...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Speak out for our NHS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[There are just a few days left before the Government&rsquo;s &ldquo;listening exercise&rdquo; over the Health and Social Care Bill comes to a close. Hundreds of people have contacted me in the past few weeks to express their concerns about this Bill. I made sure that the Secretary of State for...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Fairtrade Fortnight 2011]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The past two weeks marked Fairtrade Fortnight. I&rsquo;m glad to see that the British spirit of fairness is still in good strength and Fairtrade products in 2010 had a retail value of &pound;1.17bn compared with &pound;836m in 2009. I was pictured this week with five time Olympic gold medallist, Sir...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Backing local business]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Today I have been discussing small local businesses here in Bolton and how we can encourage them to succeed. I was informed of the 14 days of love campaign, which is all about recommending local businesses that you think provide a good service and should be supported. The Labour Party...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[999 Wrong Cuts Wrong Time]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[In June 2009 Andrew Lansley, then Conservative Shadow Health Secretary, let slip that the Conservatives were planning cuts of up to 10% across most Government Departments. This would likely lead to 10% cuts for many of our public services, including defence, sure start and the police. The Labour Party in...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Conservative plans: An attack on the aspirations of a generation (Part 3)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Part 3 &ndash; Where&rsquo;s the work? In parts one and two I talked about Conservative plans to scrap EMA and their plans to change the University fees system. I am worried about the short sighted approach of these policies and fear that many young people will miss out on the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Conservatives plans: An attack on the aspirations of a generation (Part 2)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Part 2 &ndash; University Fees In my last blog I talked about how 6th form students could be affected by recent Government announcements. Those students who do continue into higher education will most likely use college as a stepping stone to university. The Coalition&rsquo;s plans will make many people think...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Conservative plans: An attack on the aspirations of a generation]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[In the last few weeks we have heard much about the Government&rsquo;s plans for people in higher education. Those wanting to go to University will face higher fees, those in college will no longer have the support of the Educational Maintenance Allowance (EMA) and those looking for work...]]></description>
                           <link><![CDATA[http://www.davidcrausby.co.uk/davids-blog?Entry=893f8b9c-751c-9fc4-91a7-50c9e9e795f8]]></link>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The Spending Review - Bolton FM Interview]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Yesterday the Government announced the outcome of the spending review and the cuts to Government spending that would come as a result.   This is really just the start, the effects of these decisions will be felt over the coming weeks, months and years.   I was invited...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[My week at conference]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[First of all, I would like to congratulate our new Labour Party Leader, Ed Miliband on his victory. His first few days were clearly challenging, but he rose to that challenge and you could feel a sense of unity at Labour Party Conference this week. I thought he made a...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Drive For Justice]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Over the last few weeks you may have read in the Bolton News about the Drive for Justice Campaign. A young girl from Bolton named Devon Foster was seriously injured by a driver's dangerous actions and was lucky to survive the accident. The judge wished to impose a tough sentence,...]]></description>
                           <link><![CDATA[http://www.davidcrausby.co.uk/davids-blog?Entry=8da22223-8898-bf44-95e0-a541da4a0fbe]]></link>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Visiting Bolton's new maternity facilities]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[This week I had the privilege of visiting the brand new maternity facilities at the Royal Bolton Hospital.   Alongside my colleagues, Yasmin Qureshi and Julie Hilling, I was taken on a tour around the new delivery suite, Ante-natal Day Unit, Neo-natal Critical Care Unit and received an update...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Cameron must be held to account over broken promises]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[During the General Election campaign the local Conservatives Party accused us of scaremongering about the issue of free bus travel for pensioners and the Winter Fuel Allowance.
They said the idea that they would cut back these schemes was a fiction.
David Cameron himself during the live debates said &ldquo;let me say...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The Conservatives have let young people down on this important day]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Today students across the country will be receiving their A-Level results and making plans for their future. Many will be hoping to go on to university and others will be joining school leavers and university graduates in the hunt for employment.
Today should mark the start of new directions and new...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 1 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
                           
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