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Frank Field: People from Mars offer promise regarding our shopping centres

Wirral News — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

THERE is, at last, good news about the Grange and Pyramids shopping centre. Last week a new £1m investment for regeneration work was announced during a meeting I had with the management company behind the centre.

Esther McVey: Government must get to grips with housing headaches

Wirral News — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

HAVING read Wirral Council's attack on the Government regarding the spare bedroom subsidy, it's important to set out some facts in order to appreciate the scale of the problem handed to this coalition government.

Angela Eagle: While the Tories say the economy is healing, for most families it’s getting worse

Wirral News — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

AT first glance last week’s unemployment figures in Wallasey might have seemed like good news and the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan-Smith, was quick to pat himself on the back.

Esther McVey: Awards are proof there are many young heroes in our midst

Wirral News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

ON Friday night I was delighted to attend the second annual Youth Hero Awards at the Floral Pavilion in New Brighton.

Frank Field: We have to act to curb payday loans

Wirral News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

WIRRAL Citizens’ Advice Bureau has rightly called for major restrictions on payday lenders.

Alison McGovern: we have a debt of gratitude to repay to women like Emily

Wirral News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

I HAD the honour of hosting an event last week to mark the centenary of Emily Wilding Davison’s death.

Angela Eagle: We need to do more to combat anti-social behaviour in local neighbourhoods

Wirral News — Tue, 11 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

AT my surgeries and public meetings the issue of anti-social behaviour in local neighbourhoods is raised each week.

Esther McVey: Disability payment – facts put straight

Wirral News — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

LAST week I met with the Wirral branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society at the Hope Centre, Pensby.

Alison McGovern: We must pull together to help communities

Wirral News — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

HIGH streets are central to our communities, but it is true that a lot of our high streets are struggling. I am a big fan of the ‘Town Team’ approach to revitalise our high streets.

Angela Eagle: Life has become so much harder over the last three years

Wirral News — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 23:00:00 GMT

IN the three years since the general election, life has got harder for the people in Wallasey.

Esther McVey: Plenty of fun at the Caldy Sevens

Wirral News — Wed, 29 May 2013 09:13:00 GMT

Last Sunday, as the sun shone, I along with thousands of others went to watch the Caldy Sevens, the longest continuously running rugby club sevens tournament in the UK, now in its 70th year, for a magnificent day of rugby and fun.

Esther McVey: Delighted to cut ribbon at local venture

Wirral News — Wed, 22 May 2013 09:01:00 GMT

LAST Sunday I was delighted to be invited by Gary and Nicky Prance to ‘cut the ribbon’ and open their new venture, Laycrofts Longhorn Farm Shop at Manor Farm in Barnston.

Alison McGovern: Let’s unite to remember people who fought in World War I with the Then and Now programme

Wirral News — Tue, 21 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

I DO not need to repeat that we should always remember with gratitude those that fought for our country in both World Wars and the troops who are still fighting for our country today.

Frank Field: Satisfaction and sadness at success of foodbanks

Wirral News — Tue, 14 May 2013 23:00:00 GMT

LAST Friday I paid another visit to Wirral’s foodbank, which is run by the Tressell Trust.

Esther McVey: Wilson Trophy made for spectacular fun

Wirral News — Thu, 09 May 2013 08:36:00 GMT

The three day premier dinghy team racing event, The Wilson Trophy otherwise known as the British Open Team Racing Championship, took part over the bank holiday weekend.

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Wirral News — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

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Frank Field: Courses should be tailored to students who need them

Wirral News — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

LARGE numbers of young people leave school and enter unemployment. It is as true in Birkenhead as it is in the rest of the country. So what are we going to do about it?

Alison McGovern: Ministers must think

Wirral News — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

WE ARE in one of the worst recoveries ever seen coming out of a recession, and there is little good news to celebrate in the latest GDP figures.

Esther McVey: Bin tax is prompting red-hot public fury

Wirral News — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

AS THE leaflets on Labour’s proposals to charge Wirral’s residents £35 per year for the collection of garden waste are arriving on doormats, my post bag and email inbox has been ‘red hot’ with many many constituents contacting me expressing their total opposition to what has been dubbed a ‘Bin Tax’.

Esther McVey: Anglo-German schools get-together a success

Wirral News — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 23:00:00 GMT

AT the same time David Cameron and his family were staying with the German Chancellor, here on Wirral Upton FCJ School were having their very own Anglo-German conference which I was delighted to attend last Sunday.