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For the final part in this series looking at the proposed parliamentary boundary changes in the East Midlands (see these links for the posts on Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire) we turn to without doubt the most attracti
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Derby Telegraph published Thank-you for sticking by us, say Bombardier staff after firm's...
Derby Telegraph
AFTER receiving the message from their bosses that the company had decided to stay in Derby, the workers of Bombardier had a message for the people of Derby: “Thank-you.” On what was an emotional day for the 1,600 staff at Litchurch Lane, they paid tribu
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Fixing the level of subscription that an organisation may charge its members is an unacceptable intrusion into the internal workings of a political party, which the committee had sought to avoid.
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Monday’s Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan – on Channel 5 – follows 42 Commando fighting insurgency in Helmand Province, and is publicised in the Radio Times with a picture of our ‘shoot and scoot’ boys, posing topless in shorts. Did anyone notice that
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A PORTRAIT of Derby South MP Margaret Beckett was unveiled in Parliament last night and will be hung in the corridors of Westminster alongside other political luminaries. The picture took over a year to complete and was created by Antony Williams, who ha
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Monday’s Royal Marines: Mission Afghanistan – on Channel 5 – follows 42 Commando fighting insurgency in Helmand Province, and is publicised in the Radio Times with a picture of our ‘shoot and scoot’ boys, posing topless in shorts. Did anyone notice that
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Blogminster seeks to bring you a live view of the workings of Parliament through the live commentary of insiders as well as departmental, parliamentary and government news. In addition, it gathers local news items that often languish on MPs’ individual w
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Derby Telegraph commented Bombardier 'lessons learned' on contract policy, says Cable
Derby Telegraph
BUSINESS Secretary Vince Cable has told the Derby Telegraph that the Government has learned "the lessons from Derby" on how it gives out big contracts – including those to build trains. The claim comes as officials prepare to launch a competition for the
About Margaret Beckett
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Margaret Mary Beckett (née Jackson; born 15 January 1943) is a British Labour politician, Member of Parliament (MP) for Derby South and the current Minister of State for Housing and Planning. She was Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1992 to 1994 and was briefly its leader in 1994 following the premature death of John Smith. In Tony Blair's... Full Article
