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Mon 22nd Jun 2009
Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock joined the Mayor of Oldham Cllr Jim McArdle along with Armed Forces Veterans in Oldham to raise the Armed Forces Day flag at precisely 10.30am on Monday to mark the start of Armed Forces Week.
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Mon 22nd Jun 2009
Lib Dem Leader, Nick Clegg, has called for a reassessment of the need for the Trident nuclear missile programme.
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Mon 22nd Jun 2009
In March after consultation with local Cllrs Stephen Barrow, Keith Pendlebury and Phil Holley I instructed Oldham MBC to submit an official rejection of an initial proposal to build a new tip at the Green Belt site. It has now been asked to consider a revised, smaller scheme using the site of the open cast mine, but we remain opposed to the plan.
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Tue 9th Jun 2009
Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock has welcomed the news that The Christie is to recoup the £6.5m that it lost in the Icelandic Banking collapse.
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Fri 29th May 2009
Simon Hughes MP gave his support to local MEP Chris Davies' bid to be re-elected as a Liberal Democrat MEP for the North West region in the forthcoming European Parliamentary elections.
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Thu 21st May 2009
Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock has welcomed the government's dramatic U-turn to allow full settlement rights to all Gurkha veterans who have served in the British Army for at least 4 years.
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Thu 14th May 2009
Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock, has welcomed the news that Metrolink is to come in to Oldham Town Centre.
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Sun 10th May 2009
As the row over MP's expenses shows no signs of going away, Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock has pledged to be totally open and transparent about his expenses if elected to represent the people of Oldham West & Royton including Chadderton.
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Fri 8th May 2009
Following a week of "political farce" for the Government which saw Home Office Minister and Oldham MP Phil Woolas handing out further concessions to the Gurkhas on the hoof, Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock is calling on Gordon Brown to now do the right thing.
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Wed 6th May 2009
Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock, has hit out at government plans to trial their controversial ID card scheme in Manchester.
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Tue 28th Apr 2009
Local Liberal Democrats have slammed the decision by to drastically limit Gurkha settlement in the UK.
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Thu 23rd Apr 2009
The highly successful event held to celebrate St George's Day will be held again this year on Saturday 25 April from 1-5pm at Royton and Crompton School and its FREE to enter.
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Wed 22nd Apr 2009
Local Liberal Democrats have criticised the Chancellor for missing an opportunity to do more for middle and low income workers in the Budget.
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Fri 27th Mar 2009
Oldham West & Royton Parliamentary spokesperson Mark Alcock has added his voice to the thousands already backing the campaign to get Christie Hospital in Manchester its £6,500,000 back.
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Thu 26th Mar 2009
Local Liberal Democrats have reacted with disappointment to the news that 36 Manchester-based jobs are to be cut at the EHRC helpline, and the Manchester office closed down altogether.
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Tue 24th Mar 2009
A life-saving bill has failed to get through Parliament because not enough MPs showed up to vote, including Oldham MPs Michael Meacher, David Heyes and Phil Woolas.
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Tue 24th Mar 2009
Official figures show that the North West has the highest number of hospitalisations caused by knives, daggers and swords in England.
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Fri 20th Mar 2009
Greater Manchester Police lost 832 working days in a single year because of assaults on their officers, new figures reveal.
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Thu 19th Mar 2009
Liberal Democrats in Oldham Borough have slammed as 'totally inadequate' a government scheme supposed to help families facing the loss of their homes.
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Thu 12th Mar 2009
Local Liberal Democrats are urging local MPs Michael Meacher, Phil Woolas and David Heyes to be in Parliament on March 20th to give their support to a new parliamentary bill that will help cut energy bills for the poorest families and could help save the lives of up to 20,000 pensioners a year.
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| North West England European Election Result |
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Turnout: 2105162 (41%)
27.4%
Labour: 576388 (−7.1%)
24.2%
Conservative: 509446 (−11.2%)
15.9%
Liberal Democrat: 335063 (+4.2%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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