Archive for June 2nd, 2009

 This week it was revealed that Southend West Conservative MP David Amess voted against reforms of the second homes allowance.  Reforms such as a ban on home improvement claims, reduction of the threshold for receipts to zero and external auditing were put forward last July, and Mr Amess, along with 20 other Conservative MPs, voted...
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 MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge has asked for information on the mental health problems experienced by service men and women.  Tory MP Mr Duddridge wrote to the Secretary of State for Defence, asking: “what recent estimate he has made of the number of service personnel who are likely to experience long-term mental...
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