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• Helping York's unemployed young people back into work

  Friday 12 March I went to meet young people and employers who have benefited from the Government’s Future Jobs Fund, which has provided funding for 180 new jobs for young...

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• Visit to the Phoenix Pub

  Friday 12 March Since being bought by Tim and Val Everton in October 2008, The Phoenix pub in George Street has been transformed into a thriving local business. Tim and...

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• Running the Sport Relief Mile

  

  Thursday 11 March Today I joined a team of MPs to complete a ‘Westminster Mile’ in aid of Sport Relief. We were joined by former England Rugby player Kyran...

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• Keep the Challenge Cup Final free for all

  Tuesday 9 March I am backing the Supporters Direct campaign to keep the Challenge Cup on free to air television. In November 2009, the Davies Report was published, which suggested...

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• Visit to the Avenues Children’s Centre

  

  Monday 8 March I met with staff and parents at the Avenues Children’s Centre in Tang Hall today. The Centre is part of the Government’s Sure Start programme, which...

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• York’s medieval treasures on display at the British Museum

  Wednesday 3 March Local treasures from the Yorkshire museum are on display at the British Museum in London while the Yorkshire Museum is closed for a £2 million redevelopment. The...

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• Meeting York’s footballers of the future

  Friday 26 February 2010 Today I met the York City Youth team, with their coach and the Managing Director of York City FC to discuss funding for the team. I...

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• Visit to York Environment Centre

  

  Thursday 25 February I visited the York Environment Centre in St Nicholas Fields today with the Energy and Climate Change Minister David Kidney. The visit came after the Government...

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• Waiting times in York lowest ever thanks to NHS targets and hard work of York NHS staff

  23 February 2010 Thanks to the Government’s targets and the hard work of York’s NHS staff, waiting times in York have fallen by two thirds from 15 weeks in 2003...

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• £1.2 million for new affordable homes in York

  23 February 2010 The Government announced today that over £1.2 million will be given to the Yorkshire Housing Group to build 43 new affordable homes in Birch Park, York. I’ve...

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• Meeting with celebrated human rights campaigner Maryam Bibi

  

  20 February 2010 I met with the celebrated human rights campaigner Maryam Bibi today, who founded an organisation to improve women’s rights in Afghanistan. Manyam Bibi set up Khwendo...

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• York campaign for clean water in developing countries

  Saturday 20 February I met with students and church groups this afternoon to pledge my support for their campaign to help provide clean drinking water for people in developing countries....

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• Visit to Royal York Hotel to celebrate community fundraising

  Thursday 18 February I visited the Royal York Hotel this afternoon to congratulate staff on their charity fundraising activities. In the last twelve months, the Royal York Hotel has raised...

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• Meeting with children helped by the Family Fund

  

  Thursday 11 February I met with three children and their families this afternoon who have been helped by the Family Fund – a York based national charity which gives...

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• York needs a new community stadium

  Wednesday 10 February Today I urged the Government to keep look into what help Sport England and the Football Foundation could give to a potential community stadium in York. York...

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• We need to give people the chance to vote on electoral reform

  Tuesday 9 February Tonight I called for a radical reform of the voting system. We need a system which makes MPs more accountable to their constituents and encourages candidates to...

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• New initiative to cut bike theft in York

  Saturday 30 January I joined more than 1500 other cyclists in York today who have already signed up to the new police registration system for bikes. Operation Spoke was launched...

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• Good news for Holgate Windmill

  

  Friday 29 January I visited Holgate Windmill today as staff prepare to start milling wholemeal flour later this year. There were fears that new food regulations would halt the...

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• Labour’s £150 million investment into York’s higher education buildings

  Wednesday 27 January The University of York, York St Johns and York College have received more than £150 million over the last ten years to improve buildings and to buy...

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• York’s best ever GCSE results

  

  Tuesday 26 January I sent a letter of congratulations to the head teachers of all York’s secondary schools this week after the announcement that our teachers, students, and parents...

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