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 MP praises Wirral fire prevention success and work with young people |
.Ben Chapman MP has welcomed the findings of an independent performance assessment, published by the Audit Commission, showing deaths from fires acrossMerseyside are at their lowest levels since 1958 and that the service is on track to meet the government's target for reducing the total number of fires. And they are performing wellagainst national targets to reduce arson too. Read more......
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| Wirral Rugby club gets £10, 000 for new initiative |
Port Sunlight Rugby Club has been praised by Ben Chapman MP for its efforts to get children off the streets and into sport. Read more......
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| Dee cockling to be regulated |
Wirral South MP Ben Chapman has welcomed news that a regulating order to improve the management of the cockle fisheries in the DeeEstuary has been approved although an order will not be in place before the normal opening date of 1st July this year. Read more......
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| MP shows support for bravery of bomber command |
Ben Chapman MP has registered his support by committing his name to a Parliamentary Motion to award a Campaign Medal to those who served in Bomber Command, the air crew whichoperated during the second world war. Read more ... ...
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| Is the best UK business in the Wirral? MP urges final entries for MX2008 |
Firms from across Wirral have until February 29 to enter the battle for ‘Best UK Business’ at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Manufacturing Excellence Awards (MX) 2008. Read more ......
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| Tunnel Toll increase bad for Wirral economy |
The Wirral MP who led a prolonged parliamentary revolt against The Mersey Tunnels Bill in 2004, which gave Merseytravel the power to increase tolls in line with inflation, has condemned the latest price hike as disappointing and damaging to the Wirral and Merseyside economies. Read more ......
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| Unemployment in Wirral decreased in last 10 years |
Ben Chapman MP has welcomed statistics that show unemployment in his Wirral South constituency has dropped 89% since 1997 (source: HM Treasury). Readmore......
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| Extra funding for Holocaust Educational Trust |
Two students from every school in Wirral will be able to go on educational visits to Auschwitz to learn about the horrors of the Holocaust, thanks to Government funding announced this week. Read more......
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| MP DISAPPOINTED AND ANGRY AT NEWS OF POST OFFICE CLOSURES |
The Post Office has announced today that Lancelyn Court and Lower Heswall Post Offices are to close. This news comes despite residents’ and Ben Chapman’s best efforts to convince the Post Office of the importance of their continued existence. Read more .... ...
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| Chapman speaks out about 'secret world' |
Ben Chapman spoke about the secret world of intelligence when he discussed his role in the Intelligence and Security Committee with Amnesty International and Churches Together inWirral at the United Reformed Church in Heswall. Read more......
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| New threat to local shops |
Ben Chapman MP has written to the Government’s Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Rt Hon Hazel Blears MP, expressing concern over recommendations put forward by the Competition Commission suggesting the planning system be weakened in order to allow new supermarket developments to be built out of town. Read more ... ...
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| Post office petition and consultation |
Ben Chapman MP is calling for his constituents to join the consultation in coming weeks after proposals were announced to close two post office branches in his constituency read more.... ...
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| Bonfire Night 2007 |
Ben Chapman has appealed for people to be “sensible and safe” when celebrating Bonfire Night this November as thousands of people across Wirral will be attending organised displays and having their own bonfire and fireworks celebrations at home. Read more......
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| Barnardos make a difference |
Ben Chapman will be volunteering at his local Barnardos store in Bebington on Saturday 27th October as part of the Children’s Charity’s ‘Make a Difference Day’ to help raise vital funds for families living in poverty. Read more......
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| Cake on the Beach! |
Ben Chapman joined the Heswall and District Soroptimists for cake on the beach at Thurstaston tocelebrate the 6th Anniversary of the group’s project to clear and survey the stretch of beach from the Dee Sailing Club to the steps at ThurstastonCountry Park. Read more... ...
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| Ben Chapman MP welcomes Crime Reduction Minister to South Wirral |
Ben Chapman welcomed Home Office Minister Vernon Coaker to Wirral South for the second time in four months on Thursday 4th October to celebrate more policing successes in the fight against crime. Read more......
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| Chapman encourages constituents to keep warm this winter |
Ben Chapman joined firefighters who were offering his constituents free electric blanket testing and advice on how to keep their homes warm this coming winter. Read more... ...
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| Ben Chapman MP appointed Vice President |
Gladstone Theatre go into their 88th performance season with a new addition to their team, Wirral South MP Ben Chapman, who has been appointed as a Vice President of the group. Read more......
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| MP teams up with TESCO for 'IT' |
Ben Chapman MP teamed up with supermarket giant Tesco for the annual presentation of IT equipment to Wirral schools. Read more......
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| Ben Chapman MP lead Parliamentary delegation to China |
A delegation of MPs, lead by Ben Chapman, visited China on 6th September to discuss bilateral relations and human rights and to gain a better understanding of how China’s economic explosion will impact on the UK. Read more......
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