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 28 March 2008 The Post Office Network |
As you probably know, last week in Parliament we had a debate about the post office network. Since then there has been a great deal of discussion on these pages and I want to take this opportunity to respond to some of those comments. Many Citizen readers asked why I didn’t walk through ...
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| 21 March 2008 Community Kitties |
It’s so important that local people can have their say on the issues that affect their lives. Whether it’s fighting crime or tackling obesity it is local people who often know what needs to be done to improve services in their communities. And that’s why I think it’s so impor...
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| 14 March 2008 The Railway Triangle |
This is the right time to pause and contemplate what the best possible use of the Railway Triangle site would be. We know that there will not be a new rugby stadium there, Gloucester Rugby Club decided to renovate and stay at Kingsholm instead. There are other interesting ideas that have b...
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| 7 March 2008 Solidarity with Europe |
So, what’s Europe ever done for us? It’s been an interesting week to have this debate in Gloucestershire. I think one word sums it up. Solidarity. I travelled to Brussels last week to meet Members of the European Parliament. I had been invited by Gary Titley MEP, a...
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| 29 February 2008 Apprenticeship Week |
It’s so important that our young people are given the opportunities they need to reach their full potential. That’s why it is so exciting that the University of Gloucestershire is planning to build a new £40 million campus right in the heart of our City. And of course there is our new £35 ...
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| 22 February 2008 The Family Haven |
We have to do more to support vulnerable families in Gloucester, especially in their early years. It is so important that our City’s less fortunate receive the support and guidance that they need. And there is a great place in our City where this is happening. I would like to congratulat...
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| 15 February 2008 - Our Fire Service's Newest Recruits |
On Tuesday I was invited to Leicester, in my capacity as Fire Minister, to meet some of our fire service’s newest recruits. These highly trained professionals are part of a new elite squad who have been recruited to perform some of the service’s most dangerous work. But there is ...
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| 8 February 2008 The American Election |
For most people in Gloucester, the selection by the Democrats and Republicans in the USA of presidential candidates must seem fairly inconsequential. But I think the decisions that the Americans are making right now will have an impact on all of us in this country - and I hope for the better.&nbs...
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| 1 February 2008 That's what I call a University City |
The phrase “regeneration of Gloucester” is, perhaps, overused. But this was a very special week, and one that could make a lasting positive impact on our City’s future. In recent years we have seen the Gloucestershire Royal undergo a £32 million rebuild, our new £35 million Further...
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| 18 January 2008 A Long Overdue Debate |
In a recent article Gordon Brown raised an issue that is as sensitive as it is important. Writing in the Sunday Telegraph the Prime Minister called for what he described as a “long overdue” debate on the country’s system of organ donation. And it’s clear that that debate has alread...
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| 11 January 2008 "Last Chance Saloon" |
“Last Chance Saloon” read the headline on the Citizen’s front page on Monday. And that’s really what it felt like as local residents crammed into Hardwicke Village Hall in a final push to stop the building of the Hunts Grove development. Hunts Grove has been hanging ove...
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| 4 January 2008 Lets End the T-Enders Tour |
T-End on tour. That’s the sign that you will find at the home end at a Gloucester City home game at their adopted home in Nailsworth. As you know the summer’s floods hit Gloucester City Football Club hard. Flood waters engulfed all corners of the club’s Meadow Park ground, swamping t...
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| 21 December 2007 Restoring pensions to our country's workers |
On Monday this week the Government pledged £2.9 billion to thousands of our country’s workers who lost most of their pensions when their employers went bust. And I know that many of these workers are Gloucester residents. I have heard how hard the last five years have been for them and their ...
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| 14 December 2007 A Tidal Change in our Attitudes |
I hope you’ll forgive the pun but I think that in recent years there has been a real tidal change in terms of our attitudes to climate change. When I was a kid people just weren’t as aware of the effects of global warming as they are today. But times have changed and so have our attitu...
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| 7 December 2007 - More facilities for Quedgeley |
The regeneration and growth of Gloucester in recent years has transformed our City. We’ve seen real investment and with it, communities throughout our City have grown. Few areas reflect this more than Quedgeley. Quedgeley has grown exponentially over the past few years. However, I ...
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| 30 November 2007 - Facing our City's students |
However many times you do it, there is always a sense of anticipation when you find yourself facing tough questions. It doesn’t matter whether you’re talking to a group of Gloucester residents after their tour of Parliament or whether you’re facing interrogation across the despatch box, tha...
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| 23 November 2007 Monday mornings are changing for the better |
Monday mornings are notoriously difficult. They become even tougher during the winter months. Starting the week in the face of a cold and dark winter morning is challenging to say the least. But this Monday, as I performed my weekly ritual of flicking through my week’s diary, I fel...
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| 16 November 2007 Sometimes looks can be deceiving |
Sometimes looks can be deceiving. One morning on his way down to the kitchen for breakfast a friend of mine spotted a flier on the mat by his door. He didn’t think of much of it at first. He thought it was probably just another bit of junk mail occupying its usual spot by the...
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| 9 November 2007 A touching tribute |
Last Monday was one of the grimmest occasions of my life, but interspersed with the sheer desperation of the situation, was the sense of kinship and steely determination of those around me. William Brown, Chief Fire Officer of the Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service and I spoke on the telephone...
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| 2 November 2007 Engaging Young People |
On Thursday, the latest edition of Space, the newspaper of the University of Gloucestershire student’s union, hit the newsstands. In it, amongst the usual advice on student issues, reviews of student nights out and articles about university sports team victories, there was an advertisement for ...
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