Former Southend Mayor Roger Weaver has had his application to rejoin Southend West Conservative Association turned down. Mr Weaver, who left the Southend West Association in 2005 and became in independent councillor for two years, stood down in 2007 and rejoined the Conservatives at the Southend East Association. Earlier this year Mr Weaver applied...
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Southend West Conservative MP David Amess has asked for information regarding the activity of JobCentre Plus since the recession hit. Mr Amess wrote to the Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions Tony McNulty, who passed his request on to the acting chief executive of JobCentre Plus, Mel Groves. Mr Amess...
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Conservative MP for Rochford and Southend East James Duddridge questioned the purpose of Home Information Packs (HIPs) in a Parliamentary debate yesterday. Having requested information on the impact on the housing market from the Department for Communities and Local Government, Ian Wright, Parliamentary under-secretary for the department told him in the House: “Independent research...
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The Labour prospective Parliamentary candidate for Southend West, Tom Flynn, has challenged Conservative David Amess to a public debate. Mr Amess, who has declined to comment on his expenses claims on several occasions, has not yet responded to the challenge which would take place at the next General Election. Mr Flynn told the Echo:...
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