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Margot's Annual Report 2008
 
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News Archive | page 2

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Dudley Council tops West Midlands performance

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Press Release
10 February 2008

Margot James, Conservative Candidate for Stourbridge, congratulated the leadership of Dudley Council for being awarded top marks by the independent Audit Commission last week. | more

Margot James wins funding for integration

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Press Release
10 February 2008

Margot James visited the Talbot Street Mosque in Lye last week and announced a programme of classes in English language and citizenship for the local Asian population. | more

Christmas Card Design Competition

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Press Release
7 December 2007

Margot James visited Age Concern's Elton Centre yesterday to award prizes in her annual Christmas Card design competiton. | more

New Shadow Minister for Social Cohesion hears from Lye

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Press Release
13 November 2007

Baroness Sayeeda Warsi heard from Lye residents, community representatives and council staff when she attended a meeting and dinner hosted by Margot James, at the Conservative Office and Zafrans Restaurant in Lye last week. | more

Margot demands tough action on crime

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News
1 October 2007

Margot James says her door to door survey in the area proves stronger police action after Wollaston residents revealed their concerns about drug dealing and arson in the area. | more

Related Link: Stourbridge News

Any Questions?

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Press Release
31 August 2007

Margot is a guest on the panel of BBC Radio 4's Any Questions? from Kibworth in Leicestershire. | more

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Older People

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Letter to The Telegraph
15 August 2007

Older people do indeed deserve a far higher political priority as you argue in your editorial today. | more

Anti-Social behaviour is the number one concern among residents of Wollaston & Stourbridge Town.

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Press Release
13 August 2007

People out walking the canal route are abused by groups of young people who vandalise property and hurl bricks on to boats according to the Canal Trust. | more

Margot attends local coffee morning

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Press Release
11 August 2007

Last week saw the successful annual Summer coffee morning run by Wollaston and Norton Ladies. | more

Margot calls for funding for Lye Muslims

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In the Press
6 August 2007

Margot James is campaigning for extra funding for English speaking classes for Lye Muslims. | more

Related Link: Stourbridge News

The complex business of running the NHS

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Letter to The Times
3 August 2007

Appalling though the chaos surrounding the training and employment of junior doctors is, it should not be allowed to obscure other disastrous aspects of NHS manpower planning. | more

Related Link: The Times

Margot James vistis The Cedars

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Press Release
1 August 2007

Last week I visited The Cedars, an excellent private care home for the elderly in Pedmore. | more

Another first for Stourbridge

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Press Release
1 August 2007

I visited Parry People Movers of Cradley Heath to check out the first lightweight railcar type to be specified within a UK national rail franchise. | more

The Daily Politics

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Press Release
27 July 2007

Margot was invited on the panel of BBC's The Daily Politics show. | more

Related Link: BBC: The Daily Politics

Francis Maude Hears From Black Country Business in Stourbridge

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Press Release
16 June 2007

Conservative Party Chairman Francis Maude visited Folkes Holdings and Pub of the Year nominee Windsor Castle on his recent visit to Stourbridge. | more

Stourbridge Conservatives Annual Dinner

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Press Release
15 June 2007

Caroline Spelman became the third member of the shadow cabinet to visit Stourbridge in the last month. Caroline was guest speaker at our annual dinner held at the Hagley Golf Club on June 15th. | more

Cancer Support at the White House

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Press Release
29 May 2007

I visited Cancer Support I visited Cancer Support today at the invitation of the Chairman, Marion Griffiths. Cancer Support is based in Dudley and serves people across the Black Country. | more

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Celebrating 30 Years of Our Talking Newspaper

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Press Release
29 May 2007

Last week saw the thirtieth anniversary of the Black Country Talking Newspaper and Magazine. I was delighted to be part of the celebrations held for the volunteers that provide this excellent service. | more

Polls and Policy

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Article | Forward Magazine
23 May 2007

I had an interesting exchange with Bob Worcester, polling guru, at the end of last year. | more

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LSE Magazine Interview

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Interview | LSE Magazine
23 May 2007

Margot James (BSc Economics and Government 1979) is vice chairman of the Conservative Party for women’s issues. While at LSE, she was chairman of the SU Conservative Association, a researcher for Sir Anthony Durant MP and, during her gap year, worked in t | more

The Chancellor and Blair must share the blame for NHS’s financial chaos

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Letter to The Times
15 May 2007

Sir, Gordon Brown is right to point to the NHS as one of the mistakes of the past decade. However, responsibility for the appalling mismanagement and waste of money in the NHS lies far more with those who have fought against Tony Blair’s reforming instinc | more

Visit to Wychbury Health Centre in Wollescote

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Diary
14 May 2007

I visited the Wychbury Health Centre in Wollescote last week and met Dr Hugh Yarwood-Smith and practice manager Chris Penn. | more

Related Link: Wychbury Medical Group

Stourbridge Beer Festival

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Diary
12 May 2007

Yes, I am at the Stourbridge Beer Festival with my beer loving friend and campaign director, David Vickers. | more

Walking the Dudley Trail for Age Concern

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Press Release
6 May 2007

I joined a group of Age Concern volunteers to walk the Dudley Trail on Sunday May 6th. | more

Mary Stevens Hospice

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Press Release
27 April 2007

One of the things that impresses me most about Stourbridge is the strength of the voluntary sector here. | more

Tackling Drug Addiction in our Prisons

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Press Release
25 April 2007

Last year a friend of mine, Fi Cotter-Craig, introduced me to The Rehabilitation for Addicted Prisoners Trust (RAPt). RAPt is a charity that provides treatment for people caught up in the criminal justice system that have drug misuse or addiction problems | more

Related Link: RAPt

Back to University – A Meeting of the LSE Pakistan Society

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Press Release
24 April 2007

I have been interested in the politics of the developing world for a long time. | more

No Respect?

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Article
12 April 2007

And no wonder. It is a direct result of government policy in tying the hands of all sources of authorities be they teachers, police, magistrates or anyone else trying to carry out inherently contradictory and poorly thought out policies. | more

Clearing up in Lye

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Article | Stourbridge News
12 April 2007

Thursday 5th April, Maundy Thursday saw international support to a local initiative to clean up a large area of open space in Lye. | more

Support Vocational Training

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Press Release
2 April 2007

Not every child wants or is able to progress academically after a certain age. I believe passionately in vocational training and after ten years this government should have done better. | more

Related Link: Stourbridge College