Richard Burden MP

A FAIR DEAL is about making sure:

PRIMARY COLOUR 850000 local people and local businesses get real help during these tough economic times

PRIMARY COLOUR 850000 local people feel safe and get a say on police priorities for their neighbourhood

PRIMARY COLOUR 850000 local people have decent homes, good schools and healthcare

PRIMARY COLOUR 850000 local young people have real opportunities for the future

PRIMARY COLOUR 850000 local people get a say in decisions and the community has a real stake in their local area

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Backing UK manufacturing (1 March 2010)
Backing a bright future for UK manufacturing - Today is the first day of Manufacturing Week, a campaign organised by EEF to celebrate the success of manufacturing and highlight why manufacturing is so important to our future. The week is part of an ongoing campaign - We ♥ Manufacturing – aimed at debunking the popular myth that the UK has lost its manufacturing base. Representing a seat in Birmingham I know how important manufacturing is to our region. In the last century, manufacturing made the Midlands. Today it remains an essential part of the glue that holds our economy and...
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Future of Cadbury (27 January 2010)
Future of Cadbury - Along with other Birmingham Labour MPs I have been taking up the issue of the future of Cadbury in Parliament (read more here). Last night I joined Selly Oak MP Lynne Jones who had secured time in the House of Commons for a debate on Cadbury. Cadbury: House of Commons, 26 January 2010 Lynne Jones (Birmingham, Selly Oak) (Lab): A week today, we will know whether Cadbury shareholders have succumbed to the offer from Kraft, worth 850p a share. There is still time for investors to look to the long-term value of the company, which is...
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Economic downturn in the West Midlands (26 January 2010)
Invest, coordinate effort and reach out to people to kick-start the recovery - says Parliament's West Midlands watchdog - The economic downturn has hit the West Midlands hard. Today, the House of Commons Committee for the West Midlands, which I chair, has published a report looking at how effective government help has been in supporting people through unemployment, housing issues and debt. The effect of the economic downturn on the people in the West Midlands (House of Commons West Midlands Committee, January 2010) Today’s report follows our first report, published last summer, which examined the impact of the recession on...
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Keep Cadbury Independent (19 January 2010)
Keep Cadbury Independent - I have been supporting the campaign to keep Cadbury independent with other West Midlands MPs and Unite the union. You may have heard the news this morning that Cadbury’s Board may be about to recommend acceptance of a revised takeover bid by Kraft. Earlier today I issued the following joint statement along with fellow local Labour MPs Lynne Jones, Steve McCabe and Gisela Stuart. Joint statement on Cadbury We are very concerned about reports that Cadbury’s Board may be about to recommend acceptance of a revised takeover bid by Kraft. To us, all the arguments about...
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Cold Weather Payments (8 January 2010)
Government payments help keep heating on - It is important that low income families worried about heating bills during this cold weather know government support is available. The government has paid out around £200 million in Cold Weather Payments so far this winter, with just over £70 million of this over the cold New Year’s weekend. As well as the Cold Weather Payments, over 12.3 million older people will benefit from Winter Fuel payments, totalling about £2.7bn. As the cold weather continues, I don’t want vulnerable people to feel left in the cold. I especially want the elderly to know...
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