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John Denham has been representing Southampton Itchen in Parliament since 1992.
He is currently Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government.
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The new government’s decision to scrap Southampton’s secondary school building programme is devastating. It will harm our children’s education and, in the short term, cost hundreds of construction jobs. Labour’s...
more...Boxing Day used to be the centre of the fox hunting calendar, and this year’s is the fifth since the Bill to ban hunting with dogs was introduced. The...
more...Imagine going to withdraw money from your bank account and finding none there; your salary not being paid; your debit card not working at the supermarket. All of this could...
more...In tough times, the public deserve honesty from politicians about the choices they face in the next General Election. With the close of conference season, and the gearing up of...
more...Labour’s Budget for Jobs included a new £1bn Future Jobs Fund that aims to create 150,000 jobs for people at risk of long term unemployment. The Future Jobs Fund is...
more...Last week I visited the North East, the North West, the Midlands and London. I talked to people who were leading their regions and looking to the way out of...
more...I’m sure we all congratulate swimmer Rebecca Adlington on her two splendid Olympic golds. There were also excellent performances by her colleagues in Team GB. Everyone connected to the British...
more...In the budget last year, the Government introduced a major simplification of the tax system. The basic rate was cut from 22p to 20p-the lowest rate in 75 years. Allowances...
more...It is clearly a tactic of the City’s ruling Conservative Councillors to blame their proposed cuts on central government. Councillor Royston Smith’s recent “In My View” was the latest example....
more...The public spending and tax plans set out last week by my colleague Alistair Darling, Chancellor of the Exchequer, show that Labour understands the aspirations of people and will...
more...This is my first In My View since becoming Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills and I’d like to talk about education. We have just seen record breaking...
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