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Louise Baldock (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
Actually that is my paraphrasing of a Liverpool Echo story I spotted tonight. It says that "A senior politician has sparked a parliamentary row by saying the minimum wage should be lower in Liverpool than London. Liberal Democrat business and enterprise spokesman Lorely Burt MP said the amount has "tremendously" less purchasing power in the capital than in Merseyside. Mrs Burt, MP for Solihull in the...
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Liberal England (Free subscription) | 27/05/2008
Relax. She's not talking about Baroness Williams. She means a locale of Solihull .
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
The Liberal Democrats have warned that 90 years after women first won the right to vote, Britain is still 200 years away from sex equality in Parliament. Speaking on the 90 th anniversary of women's suffrage, the President of Women Liberal Democrats , Lorely Burt MP attacked the lack of progress in achieving equality of men and women parliamentarians. She said: "We need MPs that look like the people...
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British Blogs (Free subscription) | 04/02/2008
Last night Lorely Burt MP addressed the members and friends of Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats at their Annual Dinner.... Wolverhampton South West's Annual Dinner Colin Ross News Stories Wolverhampton South West's Annual Dinner Colin Ross News Stories See 0 more posts on this topic: Wolverhampton South, South West, West Liberal, West's Annual, Night Lorely Keywords: west's annual , night...
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Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | 03/02/2008
Last night Lorely Burt MP addressed the members and friends of Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats at their Annual Dinner.
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 10/12/2007
Commenting on today's government statement on the failed Christmas hamper company Farepak, Liberal Democrat Small Business Spokesperson , Lorely Burt MP said: "There's absolutely no Christmas comfort here for hard-pressed Farepak families. "Ministers still don't seem to know what happened to their money, or when they might receive the derisory compensation they have been offered. "The Government is...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 31/10/2007
Commenting on the findings of a Competition Commission report which calls on supermarkets to end 'land-banking' to allow more supermarkets to be built, Liberal Democrat Small Business Spokesperson, Lorely Burt MP said: "It is ridiculous for the Competition Commission to claim that there are too few supermarkets in this country. "The last thing that small shops need is even more large supermarkets...
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Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
Congratulations to Solihull MP Lorely Burt who last night was elected as the Chair of the House of Commons Parliamentary Party.
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Suz Blog (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
Seems LibDem MP's have broken with convention and elected Lorely Burt , MP for Solihull as the Parliamentary Party Chair in the House of Commons. In the final ballot she beat John Thurso, MP for Sutherland and Easter Ross by a margin of 32 to 27. Ms Burt said she was 'absolutely thrilled' to win the vote Liberal Democrat MPs have elected the first female House of Commons chairman in the party's history...
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Adam Teladia News Stories (Free subscription) | 25/10/2007
The Liberal Democrats parliamentary party in the House of Commons have elected Lorely Burt, MP for Solihull as chair of the parliamentary party.
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Liberal England (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
Congratulations to Lorely Burt on being elected chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary party. Reproducing the party press release, Lib Dem Voice reports that she defeated Andrew George and John Thurso to win the post. The press release does not reproduce the voting figures. One bonus for Lorely is that the press will consistently call her "the chair of the Liberal Democrats" even though there...
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Liberal Democrat Voice (Free subscription) | 24/10/2007
No, not that election contest: the one to decide who will chair the Parliamentary Party, a post from which Paul Holmes stood down on his appointment to the Lib Dem shadow cabinet. Hearty congratulations to Lorely; commiserations to the runners up, Andrew George and John Thurso. Here’s the full party press release:
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LibDem Blogs (Free subscription) | 07/09/2007
Last night Adi Teladia and I went to Solihull and met with most of the members of the Meriden Liberal Democrats Selection Committee to train them. Whilst the Liberal Democrats in Solihull borough have already selected Lorely Burt to re-stand in Solihull constituency they have not yet selected anyone for Meriden and the training was one of the first steps, I expect to see an advert soon.
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Colin Ross News Stories (Free subscription) | 07/09/2007
Last night Adi Teladia and I went to Solihull and met with most of the members of the Meriden Liberal Democrats Selection Committee to train them. Whilst the Liberal Democrats in Solihull borough have already selected Lorely Burt to re-stand in Solihull constituency they have not yet selected anyone for Meriden and the training was one of the first steps, I expect to see an advert soon.
