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In My Manor - The Mercury 0ctober 24th 2007
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| Please click on this icon to read an interview that I gave to The Mercury about why I love living in Lewisham.... |
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Tackling Tinnitus with the RNID
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 Lewisham East MP Bridget Prentice has pledged to help an estimated 10,000 (1) constituents to tackle tinnitus – the medical term for noises inside the ears or head – after experiencing it firsthand at the Labour Party Conference this week. &nbs... |
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Public Trust Must Always Come First
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| “Facts mustn’t get lost amid election campaign”, says Bridget Prentice MP Lewisham East’s MP is concerned that intemperate language on Safer Neighbourhood Team numbers is causing Whitefoot residents unnecessary alarm. Bridget Prentice was commenting on the story in last week’s Newshopper about alleged pla... |
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Government's new national housing plan
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| Bridget Prentice MP supports new housing plan to help families and first time buyers. Bridget Prentice MP has welcomed the Government’s ambitious national plan to build more affordable, better designed and environmentally friendly homes to help first time buyers and families in Lewisham East. A new £8 billion packa... |
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The Guardian 24th July: Inquests of Service Personnel
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| Your leader (July 23) is critical of the government over what you describe as delays in holding inquests into the deaths of service personnel abroad. You are right that delays prolong the agony for bereaved families. You are wrong to suggest institutional delay is a deliberate policy. Investigating deaths in Iraq and Afghani... |
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Bridget Prentice Supports "Proud of Pubs" Week
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| On 13th July Bridget Prentice MP joined regulars at the Dacre Arms in Blackheath to help celebrate "Proud of Pubs" week. Bridget is one of more than 100 MPs visiting their local pu... |
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Bridget Prentice MP backs shopworkers call for respect
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| Respect for Shopworkers Day - 11th July 2007 Bridget Prentice MP is backing a campaign by the retail Union Usdaw to tackle abuse against shopworkers after a survey found one third of shopworkers are subjected to vivious verbal abuse every month. Bridget joined shopworkers in Westminster to sign up to Usdaw's Freedom f... |
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Bridget Praises Planning Decision
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| Bridget Prentice MP has hailed the Council’s decision to reject the application by Big Yellow Self storage to build a warehouse on the corner of Baring Road and St Mildred’s Road. At a Council Planning Committee on April 12th the application by Big Yellow was unanimously rejected. Bridget said, “I at... |
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Lewisham United Against Violent Crime
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| Bridget Prentice MP spoke about the Conference being organised on April 13th by the Lewisham Community Police Consultative Group. “The relationship between crime and the fear of crime is complex and not always coherent. Crime may go down overall, as it has over the last ten years, and yet the fear of crime may rise. ... |
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PC Daniel Coffill
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| “I stand by police and parents” says Bridget Prentice MP Bridget Prentice today voiced her alarm at the successful appeal of two violent thugs. Jack Turner and Lance Samuels savagely attacked off-duty police officer PC Daniel Coffill on Queen’s Road, Bromley in 2005 and were given sentences of nine and eight years res... |
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Help Make Your Neighbourhood Safer
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| Bridget Prentice MP is very keen to promote the review that the Council is currently undertaking of the Safer Neighbourhood Police Teams in Lewisham. This gives everyone in Lewisham the opportunity to make comments to the Metropolitan Police and the Mayor about crime and policing in their local area.Copies of the survey are ... |
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Bridget Backs Specialist Reading Tuition
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 “Let’s make every Lewisham child a reader”, says Bridget Prentice MP Bridget Prentice MP welcomed more help to make sure all local children can get the help they need to learn to read. “When I read to young children I can see the difference it makes to them as they learn about the world outside ... |
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Bridget Urges Parents To Use Their Child Trust Fund
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 Parents in Lewisham East are being urged to use their Child Trust Fund vouchers to ensure their children have savings behind them when they reach 18. Bridget Prentice, Labour MP for Lewisham East, was speaking during the first-ever Child Trust Fund Week, which runs from January 15th to 20th. She is calling on p... |
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Green Flag For Manor House Gardens
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 Bridget Prentice MP has congratulated Manor House Gardens for receiving a Green Flag Award for the fifth year running. Manor House Gardens, one of Lewisham’s oldest parks and winner of a fifth consecutive Green Flag Award, celebrated its success at a fun-filled ceremony on Saturday 2 December.Bridget Prentice was... |
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Bridget Praises Another Excellent Christmas Card Competition
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 Bridget Prentice MP has praised local Primary School children who have taken part in this year’s competition to design her Christmas Card.Every year Bridget invites the children from the Primary Schools in her constituency to design the Christmas card that she will use, and once again the standards have been very high, Bri... |
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"Why Should I Vote?": Young People And Politics
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| Bridget Prentice MP has launched a borough-wide campaign throughout Lewisham which will run up until Christmas to find out the views of young people about politics and voting. As well as serving as the Member of Parliament for Lewisham East, Bridget is also the Democracy Minster at The Department of Constitutional Affairs, ... |
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Use Laws To Crush "Mini Moto" Menace
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| Bridget Prentice MP has urged Lewisham Police and Lewisham Council to make “full and relentless use” of powerful laws to seize and crush illegal and nuisance mini-motorbikes (mini-motos). Guidance from the government was sent to local police forces and councils during the Summer outlining what should... |
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Bridget Supports "The World's Biggest Coffee Morning"
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 Bridget Prentice has joined staff and patients at the University Hospital in Lewisham to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Relief. The “World’s Biggest Coffee Morning” is a massive fundraising project where volunteers all over the country hold coffee mornings and donate the proceeds to Macmillan Cancer reli... |
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Lewisham's New Young Mayor
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 On Thursday 12th October Bridget Prentice MP and Mayor Steve Bullock were present as Siobhan Bell was elected Lewisham’s third Young Mayor – the first female to hold the post. The 17 year-old from Crossways Academy won after taking 1,948 votes and was joined by a female deputy, Luziane Tchiegue-Nouta, 15, from Sydenh... |
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Bridget Meets Sir Steve Redgrave To Raise Awareness of Diabetes
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 Local MP Bridget Prentice met with Sir Steve Redgrave, Honorary Vice President of Diabetes UK, at the House of Commons on Wednesday 11th October to raise awareness of diabetes and the importance of early detection. The event, organised by Lloydspharmacy, was attended by many other MPs and peers who are concerned about the ... |
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