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| A-levels – best maths results in over a decade |
Jim Knight and Ed Balls have congratulated A-level students and welcomed news that increased numbers of pupils are passing A Levels, with rises in key subjects like sciences - and maths at its highest level in over a decade. As...
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| Gordon Brown leads tributes to John MacDougall MP |
Gordon Brown has paid tribute to John MacDougall MP, Labour MP for Glenrothes, who died today. The Prime Minister Gordon Brown MP said: John MacDougall gave more than thirty years of distinguished public service to Fife – as a...
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| Crackdown on underage sale of knives |
Labour’s Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker has called for a crackdown on the illegal sale of knives to under-18s. In a letter to Chief Executives of Local Authorities and Chief Police Officers, he emphasised concerns about young people's access to...
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| Hanson: Lib Dems show once again they are soft on crime |
David Hanson MP, Labour's Justice minister, responding to Lib Dem criticism of anti-social behaviour measures, said today: "By pledging to remove the possibility of a custodial sentence for juveniles convicted of breaching an ASBO, the Lib Dems have shown once...
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| Labour to crack down on rogue employers |
Labour has announced a new drive to crack down on rogue employers who abuse vulnerable workers and undercut honest businesses. The crack down will be overseen by a new Fair Employment Enforcement Board which will co-ordinate the work of the...
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| New help for parents of overweight children |
From September this year, parents of children who have been weighed and measured at school could automatically receive their child's results in a bid to get parents to be more aware about healthy lifestyles, and help their children achieve a...
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| A fair deal on tips |
Labour have announced plans to amend regulations so that tips can no longer count towards payment of the National Minimum Wage. As Labour celebrates the 10th anniversary of its landmark NMW legislation, the changes will end the practice of employers...
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| Interactive maps: increasing confidence and making communities safer |
Jacqui Smith, Labour’s Home Secretary has announced that every neighbourhood in England and Wales will have access to the latest local crime information through new interactive crime maps. By the end of the year every police force area will produce...
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| Brown meets Obama at Number 10 |
Labour’s PM Gordon Brown has held talks with the presumptive Democratic nominee, Barack Obama, in the final European leg of Obama’s world tour. The Democratic candidate arrived at No 10 at around 9am and chatted and smiled with the PM...
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| We need to respond to the challenges people face on a day to day basis - Browne |
Speaking
to the Today programme Des Browne said – “Clearly it was a bad night for us - we have to take events like this, very, very seriously. “We are trying to deal with the long-term problems [of the economy]...
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