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                           <title><![CDATA[Support for the West Midlands (7 September 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Minister unable to dispel confusion on support for the West Midlands - Earlier today I led a House of Commons debate on &lsquo;Government policy on the West Midlands&rsquo;. In the debate I called on government ministers to listen to the voice of the West Midlands and to dispel the confusion...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:03:03</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour Leadership (1 September 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour Leadership - As ballot papers for the Labour Party Leadership Election go out this week, here is the letter I have written to local party members here in Northfield explaining why I'm backing David Miliband to be the next Leader of the Labour Party. Dear friend, In the next...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 01:28:26</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Community Day Nurseries (31 August 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Community Day Nurseries - I have called on Birmingham City Council to rethink their plans which threaten Community Day Nurseries in our area. Click here to read a copy of my response to the City Council Community nurseries in Birmingham under threat - Community nurseries look like being early targets...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 03:33:56</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Community nurseries in Birmingham under threat (26 July 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Community nurseries in Birmingham under threat - Community nurseries look like being early targets for cuts by Birmingham City Council. A consultation document put out this month by the Council says they want to slash &pound;1.4m from the nurseries budget this year with a cut of &pound;2.5m more next year....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 02:09:35</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Government's insult to the West Midlands (20 July 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Government&rsquo;s insult to the West Midlands - In the last Parliament, watchdog committees were established to keep an eye on government performance in different English regions and to give regions a stronger voice at Westminster. I was the Chair of the West Midlands Committee. The new government has scrapped the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:11:47</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Budget: neither unavoidable nor fair (23 June 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Coalition Budget: neither unavoidable not fair - There is no question that difficult choices had to be made in yesterday&rsquo;s Budget. But George Osborne made the wrong ones. Conservative / Lib Dem claims that the rich will bear most of the pain are shallow. It is people on low...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 04:30:02</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour Party Leadership (9 June 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour Leadership Election - At lunchtime today the nominations for the Labour leadership election were announced. Five candidates have been nominated: Diane Abbott, Ed Balls, Andy Burnham, David Miliband and Ed Miliband. Earlier today I backed David Miliband&rsquo;s nomination to be the next Leader of the Labour Party. I left...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 03:25:29</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The 2010 General Election (9 June 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Thank you - As this is my first online update since the election I want to start by saying thank you to the people of Northfield constituency for re-electing me as your local MP. The second thing I want to say is welcome to people who live in Kings Norton...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:56:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour Leadership (8 June 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Where can I find out about the leadership election and the candidates? You can read information about the Labour Party leadership election below and more information is available online at www2.labour.org.uk/leadership-2010. How can I get a vote in these elections? By joining the Labour Party now. Members of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 07:15:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[MGR Trust Fund (3 May 2010)]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[MG Rover Trust Fund &ndash; bank wrangles no excuse for delay Payments due to former MG Rover workers should not be delayed by contractual wrangles between Lloyds/HBOS and the Phoenix Four. The Phoenix Directors still have it in their power to end the delay and to get money into the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 01:23:50</pubDate>
                           
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