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Pendle MP Gordon Prentice has welcomed the government’s announcement of a £140 million package of grants to local authorities to enable free swimming for the over-60s from next year. The MP said: “Swimming is the most popular participation activity f...
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A staggering £10 billion in benefits went unclaimed last year according to the Citizens Advice Bureau. And now Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is urging people to claim the benefits to which they are entitled.”Speaking from his constituency office in Nelso...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed new moves designed to prevent forced marriages. A key requirement means a person intending to sponsor a partner from overseas should declare this intention before they leave the UK.Speaking from Nelson, the MP said...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today hit out at doctors who use the cloak of anonymity to undermine public confidence in the local NHS. The MP says doctors with concerns should immediately take these to hospital chiefs. “Any concerns should be recorded and...
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7,840 households in Pendle have been helped with heating and insulation grants over the past eight years according to figures released this week by local MP Gordon Prentice.He says the Warm Front scheme offers grants of up to £2,700 to households on a qu...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has told Party members in his East Lancashire constituency that the Prime Minister should make way for someone else to lead the Party into the next General Election.The MP told members of the constituency management committee, ...
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, says it is “beyond his comprehension” for the name of the person who signs an electoral registration form on behalf of others in a household to be regarded as top secret.The MP formally requested the Chief Executive of Pendl...
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There should be a cap on the number of soldiers and sailors recruited from Commonwealth countries says Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice.The MP raised the issue in the Commons today, quizzing Defence Minister, Bob Ainsworth. The Minister acknowledged the valuabl...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is urging the Government to stick with a State run employment service in its drive to get more people back into work. He says the private sector, which will bid for contracts for work currently done by Jobcentre Plus, can fail ...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed Government proposals to give councils the power to provide incentives for voting in local government elections.The White Paper: “Communities in Control: real people, real power” published earlier this week sugg...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, will be highlighting the death and destruction on our roads caused by young drivers in a Commons debate next Wednesday (16 July). He will be highlighting the Lancashire Telegraph's Wasted Lives campaign which has called for a n...
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The cost of decommissioning Britain’s older nuclear power stations has soared to over £73 billion and is still rising according to Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice.The MP called today for an urgent debate on the runaway costs of cleaning up the early generat...
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A huge decrease in the number of people caught in unlawful possession of a firearm has been welcomed by Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice. And since the introduction in January 2004 of a mandatory 5 year sentence for possession of a gun, the percentage of people...
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Local MP, Gordon Prentice, has added his voice to those paying tribute to John Motson who has retired from the BBC after 37 years of reporting.The Commons motion congratulates him for his trademark superlative live commentary on the televised European Cha...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, said last night he was satisfied that the Government will act to reimburse all those who lost out as a result of the 10p tax rate abolition. There are still over one million households which have not been fully compensated. The...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has given his backing to the latest round of NHS reforms which focus on quality of treatment and transparency. But he warns of the dangers of fragmentation as the role of the private and so-called social enterprise sectors is e...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, today called on the Government to make a military airport available for Air Force One following the widespread chaos at Heathrow when President Bush arrived with a huge entourage.In a motion, tabled by the Pendle MP which appea...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has warned the loss of child benefit records by the Revenue and Customs must never happen again. “What happened was inexcusable.”Last year, the personal and bank details of 25 million people, including virtually every child...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, is backing the bid by the Post Office to keep the contract for the Post Office Card Account. The MP claims the future viability of thousands of local Post Office branches would be imperiled if the contract went to another organ...
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Pendle MP, Gordon Prentice, has welcomed new moves to rein in campaign and election spending by politicalParties. The MP says the moves are long overdue.Speaking from Westminster earlier today, the MP said: "Huge amounts of money are being spent by the Co...
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