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Archive for March, 2011

Reforming the compensation culture

Posted by Jonathan Djanogly, March 30th, 2011 .

Unnecessary or avoidable claims will be deterred under our proposals.

( 2 comments ) Tags: Labour, lawyers, nhs, no win no fee

Foreign Secretaries for one person, one vote

Posted by Lord Hurd, March 29th, 2011 .

We should say No to AV, and yes to our current system.

( 16 comments ) Tags: AV, First Past the Post, Foreign Office, Foreign Secretary, Geoffrey Howe, Malcolm Rifkind, Margaret Beckett, No to AV, William Hague

Collecting football shirts for Project Umubano

Posted by Mark Pawsey, Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Rugby, March 28th, 2011 .

To date over 350 shirts have been sent to Rwanda.

( 0 comments ) Tags: Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman, Premier League, Project Umubano, Rugby, Rwanda

Delivering across London

Posted by Boris Johnson, Mayor, March 25th, 2011 .

You can play a big role in shaping our city’s future.

( 0 comments ) Tags: 2012 Games, budget, City Hall, council tax, crossrail, London, Olympics, Tube

Putting fuel in the tank of Britain’s economy

Posted by George Osborne, March 23rd, 2011 .

Our plans will reform the economy to create jobs & support families.

( 6 comments ) Tags: Air Passenger Duty, budget, council tax, Economy, Fair Fuel Stabiliser, Gift Aid, Green Investment Bank, Inheritance Tax, jobs

AV and the lessons of history

Posted by Alistair Lexden, March 20th, 2011 .

Churchill described AV as ‘the worst of all possible plans’.

( 9 comments ) Tags: Alternative Vote, AV, Churchill, First World War, Great Reform Act, history, Labour, MacDonald, PR, referendum, Speaker's Conference

The true friends of manufacturing

Posted by Lord Bates, Member of the House of Lords, March 15th, 2011 .

We are investing in jobs in the North East of England.

( 2 comments ) Tags: Blyth, Corus, David Cameron, Durham, Hitachi, North East, Regional Growth Fund, Tata, Teeside, Vince Cable

We will remember them

Posted by David Burrowes, March 9th, 2011 .

Harsher penalties await those who desecrate war memorials.

( 4 comments ) Tags: Armed Forces, Blackpool, Cenotaph, Crispin Blunt, First World War, Remembrance Day, Sentencing Council, Sheffield

Building a better future

Posted by David Cameron, March 6th, 2011 .

We’re breaking down the barriers to growth and driving prosperity.

( 56 comments ) Tags: Americans, AV, French, German, Labour, Scottish Parliament, welsh assembly

Bringing the Conservative family together

Posted by Baroness Warsi, March 5th, 2011 .

The voluntary party is an essential part of our party.

( 0 comments ) Tags: Cardiff, spring forum

Twitter

The Government has set out plans for the biggest reform of Special Educational Needs for 30 years http://t.co/16XZQQyl 2012/05/15
The Government's priorities for the coming parliamentary year have been set out in the Queen's Speech http://t.co/jpFwZSvd 2012/05/09
RT @ToryBusiness: David Cameron's speech today: "Our job is to build a recovery on real growth and investment - not debt" http://t.co/SC ... 2012/05/08
David Cameron, Sayeeda Warsi and team at CCHQ tonight discussing results as they come in http://t.co/hqRprXQy 2012/05/03
"Mission accomplished": the call chart at 10pm. Thanks to all volunteers who took part http://t.co/f0TjSLDp 2012/05/03