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Letter: Concern over Index of Poverty

Dear Sir or Madam,

   I am concerned with the recent release of the office of fair tradings index of poverty in the north west. There have been plenty of other articles on the same matter with the majority concerning child poverty. All the articles make for bad reading, Burnley is rated 4th on the Index for the north west region with 29%; marginally behind Liverpool topping the list on 33%.

Letter: Birtwistle Beggars Belief...

It really does beggar belief that our MP, Gordon Birtwistle has voted in the House of Commons to support the Tories reorganisation of the NHS.  This is the biggest reorganisation in the history of the NHS and is in itself going to cost a staggering 3 billion pound.

Letter: Burnley sold down the river, again!

After reading our Lib Dem MPs 'Westminster Week' dated 16/09/11, I feel very strongly that I should be allowed to make comment on his actions in the Health and Social Care Bill. He has now shown his true colours on this issue; and he should hang his head in shame.

I don’t put much faith in our MPs judgement

Being as this is an important week in politics, with the third reading of the health reform bill, I do hope our MP Gordon birtwistle takes on board the fact that almost the entire town is opposed to the changes proposed by the health minister Andrew Landsley, and casts his vote against the proposed changes this bill proposes.

Lancashire bus cuts disrupt start to new school year

LANCASHIRE Labour has launched a campaign highlighting the short sighted bus cuts that threaten to disrupt young people’s return to school.

Tory-led Lancashire County Council has cut £829,000 from this year’s transport budget with more than 330,000 bus journeys per year axed across Lancashire. So far 16 local and school bus routes have been scrapped, in addition to fares increases on many routes. 

School pupils have been left without buses in Nelson and Burnley, as the 978 and 897 Sir John Thursby services are cut; as well as the 834 in Chorley which runs to Lostock Hall High School in South Ribble.

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20% increase in cancelled urgent operations show patients are paying the price for the Government's mismanagement of the NHS - B

Andy Burnham MP, Labour's Shadow Health Secretary, in response to a 20% increase in the number of cancelled urgent operations, said:

US Government has taken a more balanced and steady approach to deficit reduction and have more than recovered all the output los

Ed Balls MP, Labour’s Shadow Chancellor, in response to today’s US growth figures which report the US economy is now 0.7% above its pre-crisis peak, while the UK is now 3.8% below, said:

Simon Danczuk MP calls on David Cameron to explain his decision on RBS bonus payments to the House of Commons

Simon Danczuk MP has today written to David Cameron calling on him to explain to the House of Commons why he did nothing to stop Stephen Hester’s bonus. Simon Danczuk said:

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