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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 29th Jul 2010
Cornwall's Lib Dem MPs have welcomed the Government's plans to give extra cash to local schools targeted at children from less well off backgrounds. The policy, known as the "pupil premium," which will commence in September 2011, will help thousands of the worst off pupils in Cornwall.
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
Following a Parliamentary debate on National Lottery funding, where the local MP called for additional funding to be directed towards disadvantaged communities, it has been announced that the Big Lottery Fund will be investing £1,000,000 directly into the Par & St Blazey area.
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Mon 26th Jul 2010
The MP for St Austell & Newquay, Stephen Gilbert, has probed the Government about provision of superfast broadband in Cornwall during a Parliamentary Question today.
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Thu 22nd Jul 2010
Today, the Coalition Government's announced that it has introduced a Bill to compensate Equitable Life policyholders.
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Thu 22nd Jul 2010
Stephen Gilbert, MP for Newquay, spoke in yesterday's Parliamentary debate on 'Costal Towns' and raised two important issues affecting Newquay.
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Thu 22nd Jul 2010
Stephen Gilbert, the MP for St Austell & Newquay, has backed the UK Youth Parliament's bid to sit for one day in the chamber of the House of Commons.
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Mon 19th Jul 2010
At approximately 11:45am today St Ives MP, Andrew George, took part in Business Questions in Parliament to ask the Leader of the House of Commons to call on Ministers to address concerns that essential European Convergence Funding has been halted for Cornwall.
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Mon 19th Jul 2010
Stephen Gilbert, MP for Newquay, has applauded Cornwall Council for taking decisive action in rejecting the retrospective planning application for 'Diva's' to operate as a 'bar restaurant and night club providing entertainment including lap dancing'.
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Tue 13th Jul 2010
Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell & Newquay, has today written to the Minister of State following revelations that the Government has frozen the match funding for EU Convergence Investment through the South West RDA.
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Mon 12th Jul 2010
Local Lib Dem MP, Stephen Gilbert, has been chosen to sit on the Communities and Local Government Select Committee, it was announced today.
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Tue 6th Jul 2010
On Tuesday, the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, announced that a referendum would take place on May 5th 2011 posing the question of changing the way people vote in the UK to the more proportional Additional Vote method.
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Thu 1st Jul 2010
The Coalition Government have abandoned plans by the Labour Government that would have increased the tax payable on Furnished Holiday Lettings (FHL) and could have led to 4,500 job losses.
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Wed 30th Jun 2010
St Austell & Newquay's Liberal Democrat MP, Stephen Gilbert, has welcomed the announcement of a £1bn Regional Growth Fund to help communities that may be particularly affected by public spending cuts.
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Tue 22nd Jun 2010
Local MP, Stephen Gilbert, attended the annual West of England Bandsmen's Festival (Bugle Band Contest) last Saturday. Stephen congratulated all the bands from his constituency, describing them as 'outstanding'.
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Tue 22nd Jun 2010
Newquay's local MP, Stephen Gilbert, has commended the 'Newquay and the Sea' project at its launch earlier this week.
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Tue 22nd Jun 2010
The local MP for St Austell & Newquay, Stephen Gilbert, last week (Friday 18th June) attended the launch of the Cornish Community Banking Current Accounts and extension of capacity based loans.
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Tue 22nd Jun 2010
Stephen Gilbert, MP for St Austell & Newquay, who has campaigned for fairer funding in Cornwall, has welcomed the Coalition Government's first Budget as a 'step forward' for Cornwall and the country.
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Mon 21st Jun 2010
St Austell & Newquay's local MP, Steve Gilbert, has been named the 'one to watch' from the Lib Dem benches on the important local issue of housing by the influential National Housing Federation.
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Thu 17th Jun 2010
St Austell & Newquay's new MP, Steve Gilbert, has secured a meeting with the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Richard Benyon to discuss what action the government will be taking to tackle high water bills in Cornwall.
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Tue 15th Jun 2010
Local Lib Dem MP for St Austell & Newquay, Steve Gilbert, has tabled his first Early Day Motion in Parliament expressing concern at the gross underfunding of Cornwall's public services and calling for a commission to be formed to look into the problem.
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Wed 9th Jun 2010
The new MP for St Austell & Newquay, Steve Gilbert, yesterday gave his first speech in the House of Commons.
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Wed 9th Jun 2010
Local MP, Steve Gilbert, has teamed up with ITV's This Morning celebrity GP, Dr Chris Steele MBE, to support this year's Carers Week.
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Mon 7th Jun 2010
The new MP for St Austell & Newquay, Steve Gilbert, has welcomed the appointment of his predecessor in St Austell, Matthew Taylor, as the independent chair of the board that will steer the eco-town to completion.
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Mon 24th May 2010
St Austell & Newquay's new MP Steve Gilbert has announced that he will be supporting The Tanya's Courage Trust, a charity close to his heart, through the first year of this Parliament.
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Mon 24th May 2010
Newquay's new MP Steve Gilbert cut the turf to officially begin the building work for the town's new cinema.
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Mon 24th May 2010
In one of his first engagements as the new MP, Steve Gilbert addressed the Newquay Town Residents Association meeting.
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Mon 24th May 2010
St Austell new MP, Steve Gilbert, has given his backing to the merger of the Wheal Martyn China Clay Museum with the South West Lakes Trust.
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Mon 24th May 2010
St Austell's new MP Steve Gilbert has opened the fun day on the Carlyon Bay Campsite in aid of the Precious Lives Appeal.
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Mon 12th Apr 2010
On the day that Parliament has been formally dissolved, Steve Gilbert has led the thanks for St Austell's retiring MP Matthew Taylor.
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Mon 12th Apr 2010
Prospective local Lib Dem MP, Steve Gilbert, took time out of his election campaign last week to give formal evidence to the public inquiry which is considering the appeal by Sita on the decision of the former Cornwall County Council to reject the proposed incinerator in St Dennis.
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