9 May 2008 :
News Release
Dunne backs pub campaign
Philip Dunne MP visited The Sun Inn pub and Corvedale Brewery last week to support a campaign launched by the Society of Independent Brewers Association to promote British Pubs.
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6 May 2008 :
News Release
Join Philip's Panel
MPs should listen to their electorate, I have said so since I was elected. Now the Prime Minister claims to have got this message. I believe it is important for individuals to get involved in order to influence political decisions.
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5 May 2008 :
News Release
Tipping point for Tories and Labour
Last week's local elections mark a sea-change in perceptions of the two main political parties.
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2 May 2008 :
News Release
MP Backs Shropshire Walk in the Park for Diabetes
Philip Dunne is supporting local Craven Arms support group which is organising a sponsored Walk in the Park in aid of Diabetes UK.
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1 May 2008 :
News Release
Dunne visits Auschwitz with Bridgnorth students
Philip Dunne joined two students from Bridgnorth Endowed School for a visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp in Poland this week.
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30 April 2008 :
News Release
Public meetings on Post Office closures
Local residents have been encouraged today to attend a public meeting next week to discuss local post office closures in the Bridgnorth area.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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'.
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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.
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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."
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31 March 2008 :
News Release
Ludlow tax office faces axe
Philip Dunne commented today on a consultation exercise announced recently by HM Revenue and Customs, which threatens to close Ludlow's Tax Office.
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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.
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21 March 2008 :
News Release
Prostate cancer death figures
Philip Dunne comments on the release of figures showing the lottery exists across the country for survival rates from prostate cancer.
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14 March 2008 :
News Release
Bad news Budget: £110 extra in taxes on families across Shropshire
Philip Dunne gives his analysis of Government's tax and spending plans
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14 March 2008 :
News Release
Dunne welcomes cycling season during British Tourism Week
Local MP Philip Dunne visited the Bicycle Hub in Jackfield in the Ironbridge National Heritage site last week to highlight British Tourism Week.
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14 March 2008 :
News Release
Dunne celebrates reopening of Severn Valley Railway in British Tourism Week
Local MP Philip Dunne visited Highley Station to see for himself the restoration of the track following last summer's floods.
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13 March 2008 :
News Release
Dunne comments on Budget
Member of the Treasury Select Committee, Philip Dunne, comments on Wednesday's budget.
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12 March 2008 :
News Release
Philip Dunne urges local primary schools to enter national technology competition
The 2008 'Make IT Happen' technology competition for primary school students is launched today by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee and e-skills UK, in partnership with the Institution of Engineering and Technology.
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11 March 2008 :
News Release
Dunne calls on Government to Get Smart
Local MP backs campaign for a Government mandate for the roll-out of smart meters.
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10 March 2008 :
News Release
Philip Dunne supports No Smoking Day in Ludlow
No Smoking Day (12 March) is encouraging smokers in Ludlow to take The Great No Smoking Day Challenge and kick the habit.
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7 March 2008 :
News Release
Action needed to reduce re-offending and cut crime
New proposals on prison reform to restore confidence and drive down re-offending
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6 March 2008 :
News Release
Dunne: MPs voted against their manifestos to avoid a national referendum on EU Treaty
Philip Dunne comments after Wednesday night's votes by MPs against their manifesto commitments to hold a referendum on the EU Constitution, which has been repackaged into the Lisbon Treaty.
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