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		<title>New Surgery dates announced</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:39:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen has announced the dates and times for upcoming surgeries: Friday 6th January 2012 Woodleigh building, Scar Top, Barnard Castle Friday 3rd February 2012 Constituency Office 1 Cockton Hill Rd, Bishop Auckland Friday 2nd March 2012 Jubilee Fields Community Centre, Shildon (All starting at 5pm)]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery in Spennymoor this Friday</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 12:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen will be holding a surgery this Friday 2nd December at 5pm. The surgery will be held at: St Paul&#8217;s Centre Spennymoor St Paul&#8217;s Gardens Spennymoor Co. Durham DL16 7LS For more information, please contact Helen&#8217;s constituency office on 01388 603 075]]></description>
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		<title>Helen questions Education Minister on children living in broadband &#8216;not spots&#8217; in County Durham</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen Goodman has question the Minister of State for Schools Mr Nick Gibb on the issue of children who live in so-called broadband &#8216;not spots&#8217; in County Durham. Helen questioned the Minister during Education questions, where she raised the case of two villages in County Durham where broadband access is very poor. She asked &#8220;In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen clashes with Minister over cuts to Legal Aid for domestic violence victims</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:30:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bishop Auckland MP Helen Goodman has clashed with Justice Minister Jonathan Djanogly over the Government&#8217;s cuts to Legal Aid for Domestic Violence victims This week Helen took part in the Report Stage of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders bill to speak out against the Government&#8217;s proposals to cut Legal Aid for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen speaks on cuts to BBC Radio Tees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In her new role as the Shadow spokesperson for Culture, Media and Sport Helen has given her perspective on cuts to BBC Local Radio, and has raised the issue of BBC cuts in County Durham with BBC Director General Mark Thompson. Following BBC negotiations with the Government, it has been agreed that the Licence Fee [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen challenges Government over local BBC Radio cuts</title>
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		<comments>http://helengoodman.co.uk/helen-challenges-government-over-local-bbc-radio-cuts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen joined 50 Members of Parliament to express her concern about the cuts to BBC local radio that BBC Management are currently proposing, and asked the BBC trust to think again. MPs, especially from the Northern and Western regions pointed out that their stations were suffering particularly large cuts. Helen noted that in the North [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen discusses UK educational achievement in Ukraine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During her recent visit to Kiev, Helen was welcomed to the Ukrainian Ministry of Education to discuss how the UK and the Ukraine can co-operate to provide better education for young people in both countries. During the meeting, Helen praised the British education system for its recent successes through early intervention programmes such as SureStart. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Helen joins the Culture, Media and Sport Team</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:33:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen has been appointed as the Labour Party&#8217;s Shadow Spokesperson on Media following the Party&#8217;s reshuffle earlier this month. In her new role, Helen will be responsible for: &#8226;The BBC and the licence fee &#8226;Telecoms and Broadband &#8226;The Digital television switchover &#8226;Media regulation and reform &#8226;Accountability and Transparency Helen&#8217;s former post at Prisons and Probation [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surgery Postponed</title>
		<link>http://helengoodman.co.uk/surgery-postponed-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:51:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Surgery advertised for Friday 1st July has been postponed to Friday 8th July, still 5pm &#8211; 6pm and will take place in my office on Cockton Hill Road, Bishop Auckland. If you have any urgent issues and would like to speak to Helen&#8217;s caseworker in the meantime then please do not hesitate to telephone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Follow Helen on Twitter!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:23:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Helen now has her own twitter feed which will allow her to share her thoughts and views on the political events of the day, and what she is doing in Westminster and the Constituency. Helen said, &#8220;I&#8217;m delighted to be able to keep in touch with my constituents in this way. When my constituents follow [...]]]></description>
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