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	<title>Helen Goodman MP</title>
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	<description>Working hard for all in Bishop Auckland</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
	
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		<title>Government scrap Rural Commission</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2010 11:21:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Government have announced that the Commission for Rural Communities (CRC) is to be scrapped.

	

	The Commission &#8211; who advise the Government and provide a strong voice for rural communities &#8211; is being axed as part of the Coalition&#8217;s plans to reduce the number and cost of DEFRA agencies.

	The news will be of huge disappointment to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2,300 local families to lose tax credits</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/2300-local-families-to-lose-tax-credits/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	The Coalition Government confirmed today to Helen that 2,300 families in the Bishop Auckland constituency will lose their tax credits as a result of the measures announced in the Budget.

	

	Helen has been pressing Government Minister&#8217;s for answers to how the benefit cuts will impact on her constituents, and was dismayed to learn that so many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Government cancels £100 million revamp of local schools</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/government-cancels-100-million-revamp-of-local-schools/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:45:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen has condemned the Government&#8217;s announcement that &#163;100 million of investment in new schools in the Bishop Auckland constituency buildings have been cancelled.

	

	Under the Building Schools for the Future programme, the previous Labour Government had approved new school buildings in:

	Shildon &#8211; the Sunnydale School,
Spennymoor &#8211; Spennymoor Comprehensive and Tudhoe Grange, the Meadows, and the Oaks, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opening up democracy</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/opening-up-democracy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:05:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen addressed a meeting today in the Houses of Parliament this afternoon to discuss ways to &#8216;open up democracy&#8217; to disadvantaged and disenfranchised groups.

	

	At the meeting, organised by Dods, House Magazine and United Response &#8211; a charity that works with people with learning difficulties and disabilities &#8211; Helen pledged to run a local campaign to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One North East to be axed</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/one-north-east-to-be-axed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 16:34:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen has condemned the coalition Government&#8217;s decision to abolish the local regional development agency, One North East (ONE)

	

	ONE was set up in 1999 by the previous Government to help promote the regional economy, and despite earlier promises by the coalition that they would retain popular and effective RDAs such as One North East, the Secretary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen criticises Bishop Court Closures</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-criticises-bishop-court-closures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen has criticised the coalition Government&#8217;s proposals to close Bishop Auckland Magistrates&#8217; Court and Bishop Auckland County Court.

	

	The planned closures in Bishop Auckland are part of the Government&#8217;s plan to close 103 magistrates&#8217; courts and 54 county courts across England &#038; Wales, and are subject to a public consultation that runs until 15 September.

	Helen has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen presses PM to reveal Child Poverty figures</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-presses-pm-to-reveal-child-poverty-figures/</link>
		<comments>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-presses-pm-to-reveal-child-poverty-figures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 13:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen today challenged David Cameron at Prime Minister&#8217;s Questions to clarify how many children will be forced in to poverty as a result of the measures announced in yesterday&#8217;s budget.

	

	Helen &#8211; who was a DWP Minister with responsibility for child poverty in the previous Government &#8211; is concerned that the Coalition&#8217;s benefit cuts and tax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Budget will harm recovery and hit the poorest</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/budget-will-harm-recovery-and-hit-the-poorest/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:43:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen has warned that today&#8217;s Budget will risk economic growth, increase unemployment, and affect the poorest most severely.

	

	Speaking after the Chancellor&#8217;s statement &#8211; in which he announced an increase in VAT, cuts to Housing and Child Benefit, and a freeze on public sector pay &#8211; Helen said:

	&#8220;There were two tests this Budget had to pass:

	i) [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen presses Government on new school buildings</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-presses-government-on-new-school-building/</link>
		<comments>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-presses-government-on-new-school-building/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen has written to the Secretary of State for Education to demand answers on the future of two new schools in Shildon and Spennymoor.

	

	Under the previous government&#8217;s Building Schools for the Future programme, Sunnydale School in Shildon and Tudhoe Grange and Spennymoor Comprehensive school were due to be completely rebuilt or refurbished. This was part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen calls for Hill Farming Inquiry</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-calls-for-hill-farming-inquiry/</link>
		<comments>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-calls-for-hill-farming-inquiry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 10:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[	Helen has called for a parliamentary inquiry into the future of hill farming.

	

	Helen has written to Anne McIntosh, Chair of the House of Commons Select Committee on Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs, to ask the Committee to look into the issues facing hill farmers and hill farming communities such as Teesdale, which is home to [...]]]></description>
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