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29 April 2008 : News Release 
Lydbury North to fight Post Office closure Some 40 local residents attended a public meeting in Lydbury North village hall last week, joined by MP Philip Dunne with local councillors Nigel Hartin, Jackie Williams and Georgie Ellis. | more |
29 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Philip Dunne questions the Health Secretary about requirements placed on ophthamologists to maintain statistics to monitor the incidence of keratoconus. | more |
28 April 2008 : Article in Shropshire Star 
Budget blues for millions as tax U-turn unravels There is growing alarm ahead of this week's local elections that the Government has lost the plot on the most important of all issues - the economy. | more |
28 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate 
During a debate on the Finance Bill, Philip Dunne points out that the Treasury was completely clear about who would be losers under the abolition of the 10p rate as long ago as the Budget of last year. | more |
28 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Electricity Generation: Renewable Energy In a written question, Philip Dunne asks the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform for details of the proportion of UK electricity supply was generated from renewable sources in each year between 1998 and 2007. | more |
28 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Philip Dunne questions the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform about the proportion of renewable energy supply from hydro-generation and rivers. | more |
28 April 2008 : News Release 
MP opens new electronic scoreboard at Ludlow Cricket Club Local MP Philip Dunne was on hand to switch on a new electronic scoreboard at Ludlow Cricket Club this last weekend. | more |
26 April 2008 : News Release 
Second LibDem councillor joins Conservatives in Ludlow constituency Shropshire Conservatives today welcomed former LibDem councillor Peter Martin into the Conservative Group at Shropshire County Council. | more |
24 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Philip Dunne challenges the Chancellor of the Exchequer over the Chief Secretary's comments that the independent valuer should treat Northern Rock as though it were in administration. | more |
24 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Philip Dunne questions the Secretary of State for Health about the number of people diagnosed with keratoconus. | more |
24 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Philip Dunne questions the Chancellor about additional public spending under the Barnett formula to be received by Scotland, Wales and N Ireland as a result of public spending on the London 2012 Olympics. | more |
24 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Philip Dunne asks the Home Secretary about the number of violent crimes reported in the Ludlow constituency in each of the last five years. | more |
23 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
In a written question to the Secretary of State for Scotland Philip Dunne asks what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the Barnett formula paper. | more |
22 April 2008 : News Release 
The budget for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Philip Dunne MP, a member of the Public Accounts Committee, who is also Vice Chair of the cross-party London 2012 group of MPs, comments on the report published today into monitoring the cost of the London 2012 Games. | more |
22 April 2008 : News Release 
Treasury Committee announces new inquiry: Budget measures and low-income households Philip Dunne comments on today's announcement that the Treasury Select Committee will undertake an enquiry into identifying losers from the abolition of the 10p starting rate of income tax. | more |
21 April 2008 : Article in Shropshire Star 
The current consultation on post office closures in Shropshire is highlighting the risk posed to our remaining village shops. | more |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
During the Chancellor's Statement on the new Bank of England facility for banks, Philip established that this would be a covert facility through his question to the Chancellor. | more |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Philip pressed the Chief Secretary to admit that the increase in winter fuel payment, on which she laid much emphasis, would only be for one year. | more |
21 April 2008 : Parliamentary Debate
Philip Dunne raises his concerns that the Budget has increased the number of people who have to pay more than the 60 per cent. marginal rate of tax if they come off working tax credit and get into work. | more |
15 April 2008 : News Release 
MP chairs flood meeting at Worthen Philip Dunne called a meeting of residents and local agencies last Friday to discuss the problems of flooding of Worthen Brook which has left local residents stranded. | more |
14 April 2008 : Article in Shropshire Star
Conservatives welcome LibDem councillor Last week Cllr David Gibbon who represents Much Wenlock on Shropshire County Council decided he had had enough of the LibDems and joined the Conservatives. | more |
10 April 2008 : News Release 
Conservatives gain LibDem councillor in Ludlow constituency Shropshire Conservatives welcomed former LibDem councillor David Gibbon into the Conservative Group at Shirehall in Shrewsbury today. | more |
9 April 2008 : News Release 
MP to chair public meetings over Post Office Closures Ludlow MP Philip Dunne today released details of public meetings in areas where post office closures are planned on Friday 9th May. | more |
7 April 2008 : Article in Shropshire Star
Shropshire families face further £110 tax hike Three weeks after Alistair Darling's bad news Budget it's clear the country doesn't like it, MPs don't like it and now Ministers don't like it either. | more |
4 April 2008 : News Release 
Dunne launches post office campaign in South Shropshire and Bridgnorth Philip Dunne MP today stepped up his campaigning efforts to save post offices across South Shropshire and Bridgnorth districts. | more |
3 April 2008 : News Release
Dunne: Real cost of living soars across Ludlow constituency Philip Dunne this week warned that the cost of living in the Ludlow constituency is rising faster than many families' incomes, and criticised the Government's measure of 'inflation'. | more |
1 April 2008 : News Release 
Post Office closures body blow to local communities Philip Dunne comments on today's disclosure by Post Office Ltd that the brunt of the Government's plans to close post offices in Shropshire will fall on rural communities in the Ludlow constituency. | more |
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1 April 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
Philip Dunne asks the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home information packs and home condition reports have been commissioned. | more |
31 March 2008 : Article in Shropshire Star 
GP services must be kept close to patients Family doctor surgeries across Shropshire are anxious they may be the latest casualty of the Government's assault on rural services. | more |
31 March 2008 : News Release 
Government cuts Warm Front grant Last week the government's Fuel Poverty Advisory Group said the government "seems to have given up on its legally binding target of reducing fuel poverty." | more |
31 March 2008 : News Release
Philip Dunne commented today on a consultation exercise announced recently by HM Revenue and Customs, which threatens to close Ludlow's Tax Office. | more |
31 March 2008 : Speech 
On the day that Northern Rock published its annual report and business plan, Philip Dunne questions the FSA's inaction in the months preceding the crisis and also about the treatment of preference shareholders in any compensation payout. | more |
26 March 2008 : News Release
Philip Dunne appointed Deputy Chairman of International Office Philip Dunne has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party's International Office. | more |
25 March 2008 : Parliamentary Question 
During Foreign Office questions, Philip Dunne asks what action the Government plans to take to prevent the Iranians from stoking the insurgency in Iraq? | more |
24 March 2008 : Article in Shropshire Star 
Government post office cull hits Shropshire We learn the identity of which post offices in Shropshire the Government wants to shut on 1st April. But this is no April's Fool list. | more |
21 March 2008 : News Release
Philip Dunne comments on the release of figures showing the lottery exists across the country for survival rates from prostate cancer. | more |
19 March 2008 : Parliamentary Debate 
Philip Dunne highlights his concerns that the closure of post offices threatens access to financial services for rural communities. | more |
18 March 2008 : Speech
Budget Resolutions and Economic Situation Philip Dunne speaks in the Budget debate and raises his concerns that the Chancellor is in denial of events surrounding the country and has failed to put in place measures to ensure the UK is in a good position to weather the financial storm. | more |
17 March 2008 : Article 
Budget hits country dwellers hardest Not content with threatening closure of rural hospitals, schools, post offices and police stations, the Government seems determined to add new burdens to country dwellers. | more |