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- Get your Home Warmer!
 We have had a letter this week from Joan Ruddock MP, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, informing us that the Warm Front Scheme is undergoing several improvements effective immediately. The...
- Stoke and Trauma Consultation at the Royal Free
 Stroke and Trauma Consultation Event Friday - 24th April, 10am - 4pm Royal Free Hospital, Pond street, London NW3 2QG Camden PCT is consulting on plasns to improve acute stroke...
- Secure Your Home
 Burgulary has come down 55% since 1997 which is great news. However, during different economic times, it is important not to be complacent about burgulary, and the Home Secretary announced...
- Glenda Supports Breast Cancer
 Glenda was delighted to open the new breast screening clinic at the Kentish Town Health Centre on the 19th February 09. Glenda (pictured left) cut the ribbon to officially declare...
- More Advice for people struggling to pay their mortgage
 We received notification from Margaret Beckett MP this week that there is now an updated leaflet called 'Are you worried about your mortgage?' available for people who are concerned about...
- Glenda shows support for the Marine Bill
 Many of you have written in to us regarding the upcoming Marine Bill. Glenda was delighted to attend the Petition Fish Reception on Wednesday 10th October in the House of...
- Glenda Opens Women's Centre
 The former library in Cotleigh Road (after much hard graft) has been transformed into the new home for the West Hampstead Women’s Centre, whose grand opening I had the...
- Glenda Supports Children's Society for Runaways under 16
 A rare opportunity to present plans for a national policy for runaway
support for under 16’s took place on October 15, 16 and 17 in Westminster. This was the culmination of...
- Two years since the major earthquakes in Pakistan: How has the Government responded?
 It is now two years since a major earthquake struck in Pakistan, leaving more than 70,000 people dead and 2.5 million people homeless. This week we received a letter from...
- Transformation for Cycling Facilities
 The Mayor has announced the most ambitious plans to transform walking and cycling in London's history. The package of measures will create a new network of quick, simple and safe...
- Arrival of Baby Henney
 We are pleased to announce that Rebecca Henney, Glenda's Senior Parliamentary Assistant, has just had her first baby, Theodore Stephen Henney. He was born on Thursday 8th November weighing 5...
- Glenda meets Friends of the Earth
 Glenda Jackson is grateful to Friends of the Earth who, after a miscommunication about a last-minute venue change leading to Glenda anc Frank Dobson MP missing last weeks Friends of...
- £79 Million Funding for Young Londoners
 Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, and Minister for Children, Young People and Families, Beverly Hughes MP, announced last month that there was to be a £79 million funding package for...
- Glenda Fights Again for the Freedom Pass
 Glenda was one of the Labour MPs who voted against an attempt to radically alter London's Freedom Pass scheme in the House of Commons on 28th June.
The bill was...
- Gun Surrender Initiative
 "We want your gun not your name" is the latest campaign by the Metropolitan Police to try to cut the number of guns and replica guns being used on our...
- Glenda's Article on Burma
 It must have been about 91-92 that T. BAG – the Burma Action Group as it was then known, organised the delivery, by a large group of sympathisers, myself...
- Recycling in Camden
 Defra (the Department for Environmental Food and Rural Affairs) have published the municipal, waste statistics for all local authorities in 2006 / 2007. Overall, these show that:
83% of local...
- Women's Land Army Badges - 28th January 08
 Hilary Benn, the Secetary of State for Environment, has today announced the Government's decision to award a badge of recognition to female war veterans who worked on the Home Front...
- Environment and Transport "Hand in Hand"
 Ken Livingstone launched his Transport Manifesto yesterday for a new Mayoral term with the message that the tasks for the next four years will be greater than even in the...
- Post Office Closures: Important Survey
 4th March 2008
It is now two weeks since the Post Office Ltd announced the closure of 171 post offices across London, three of which are in Hampstead and Highgate....
- The Most London Homes built since the '70s
 Ken Livingstone announced on the 7th February 08 that more than 33,000 new homes were built in London last year - the largest annual figure since 1977. A total of...
- Mayor Gives Green Light to CO2 charge to Tackle Climate Change
 The Mayor of London has approved a tough scheme to tackle climate change. The scheme means that Band G vehicles (high powered sports cars and luxury vehicles) will pay a...
- TURN YOUR LIGHTS OFF FOR ONE HOUR! Earth Hour - 8pm on 29th March 2008
 On the 31st March 2007, more than 2 million Sydney business and households turned off their lights for one hour - Earth Hour - sending a powerful national and global...
- New Schools and Frank Barnes school
We have recently received an update from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Glenda has written several times to the Secretary of State Department regarding the plans to change...
- Post Office Consultation now Closed
The Post Office have been holding a consultation about their decision to close 171 post offices across London, three of which are in our constituency. The consultation closed on the...
- Fitzjohn's Primary School Wins Solar Panel Funding
 We are pleased to
announce that Fitzjohn's Primary School in Hampstead has been
awarded £10,475 by EDF Energy Green Fund for the installation of
Solar Panels. The fund aims to showcase renewable energy...
- This Week's Opposition Debate: Polyclinics
 There will be an Opposition
Day debate this week on the issue of Polyclinics.
Presumably another opportunistic
attempt by the opposition, this time coat-tailing on the BMA, to
present themselves as guardians of the...
- Operation Blunt 2
 Operation Blunt 2 was launched
on the 14th May 2008 by Scotland Yard following more young people
being killed in attacks involving knives. Barely a day goes past
without news of another tragic...
- G8 Summit
 On Thursday last, the Prime
Minister made a statement to the House on the G8
Summit.
If
you only read, or ever believed press reports on the summiteers
activities, you would have extended, in...
- Worried about your Mortgage?
We have recently received a
from Caroline Flint, the Minister for Housing and Planning, giving
advice for people who are struggling to keep up with their mortgage
payments given the current economic climate....
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