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06/07/2010

Roberta will continue fight as Tories/Lib Dems stop new Durham schools

Roberta has pledged to her constituents that she will continue to campaign and lobby vigorously for the new Science Campus at Framwellgate Moor and the new academy at Belmont, despite the announcement yesterday by the Secretary of State for Education, Michael Gove, that he is stopping these projects.
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02/07/2010

Government wrong on healthy school meals

Two North East MPs have accused the Government of getting it wrong on school food after a week which saw Health Secretary Andrew Lansley launch a war of words with Jamie Oliver. The leading Tory dismissed Jamie Oliver's campaign and claimed that the number of children eating healthy food had decreased in the last few years. Roberta Blackman-Woods MP and Sharon Hodgson MP used a Commons debate to hit out at plans to scrap an increase in the number of children receiving free school meals and have now turned their sights on what they claim is ‘claptrap' from the coalition. Their campaign will be boosted by the publication of a National Audit Office report that shows a continuing rise in health inequalities across the country.
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01/07/2010

MP backs legal clamp down on 'rip off' ticket touts

The resale of tickets for sporting and cultural events at sky high prices could be set to become a thing of the past thanks to a new Bill making its way through Parliament. Roberta Blackman-Woods MP (City of Durham) has thrown her backing behind the ‘ticket touting' bill, which is being promoted by fellow North East MP Sharon Hodgson.
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