Lyn Brown MP attends 'Smile One More Day'
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Lyn Brown MP attends 'Smile One More Day' charity event Last Tuesday, Lyn Brown MP attended 'Smile One More Day', a charity event held at Hudson's Youth Project to raise money for Richard House Children's Hospice. Young people gave up their time to fundraise for the hospice as part of...
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Lyn welcomes the launch of the London-wide nhSOS campaign
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed the launch of the nhSOS campaign by London Mayoral candidate Ken Livingstone. The campaign aims to recognise and co-ordinate local action against the Tory-Led Government’s radical proposals to reform the NHS. With planned closures to A & E, maternity and other vital NHS services...
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Lyn Brown MP is delighted to send her support to Carers Week
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Lyn Brown MP is delighted to send her support to Carers Week. She said: ‘Carers Week is vitally important to ensure that we recognise the thousands of devoted carers up and down the country.’ ‘Carers have to juggle looking after their loved ones with their own lives, and we must...
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Lyn calls for VAT rise on fuel to be reversed
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LYN BROWN MP CALLS FOR VAT RISE ON FUEL TO BE REVERSED Lyn is calling on the Chancellor George Osborne to reverse the Government’s VAT rise on fuel. The hike in VAT to 20% in January has added nearly 3p to the price of a litre of petrol. The...
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Lyn welcomes the continuation of the London 2012 Get Ahead School Leavers Programme
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Lyn welcomes the continuation of the London 2012 Get Ahead School Leavers Programme Lyn Brown MP has welcomed the news that the London 2012 Get Ahead School Leavers Programme will continue to run for a fourth consecutive year. The programme, which is run by the London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG),...
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Lyn warns 'Safety at risk' over cuts to police
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Cuts in funding to police will jeopardise safety in the lead up to the London 2012 Olympic Games, says West Ham MP Lyn Brown. Lyn has spoken out about cuts planned by the Coalition Government to Metropolitan Police.. Lyn said a new analysis of the Coalition’s cuts by the House...
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Lyn Brown MP attacks Government plans to sell off Royal Mail
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Lyn Brown MP has hit out at the Coalition Government’s plans to privatise the Royal Mail. The plans will jeopardise the future of Post Offices across the Borough as there will no longer be a guarantee of Royal Mail business. Royal Mail provides up to a third of income for...
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Lyn backs Campaign for faster diagnosis of Bowel Cancer
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Approximately one in 20 people will develop bowel cancer during their lifetime. It is the third most common cancer in the UK and the second most common cause of cancer deaths. Over 16,000 people die from bowel cancer each year. This doesn’t have to be the case however....
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Time to pay our carers more says MP
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West Ham MP Lyn Brown has backed a call for more help to be given to working carers who provide support to relatives and friends with long-term disabilities and illnesses. USDAW, the Union of Shop, Distributed and Allied Workers has called on the government to increase the amount of money...
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Lyn campaigns to make sure hard-working families get the help they are entitled to
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 Lyn Brown MP is campaigning to make sure working parents and carers claim the help they are entitled to. Lyn met with leading representatives from the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers (USDAW) as part of their Supporting Parents and Carers Spotlight campaign. This...
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Lyn visits sixth formers at St Bon's in Forest Gate
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 Lyn Brown MP has been debating the election and politics in West Ham with some of our politicians of the future during a visit to St Bonaventure’s in Forest Gate. She took questions from an A-Level Politics class on a wide range of subjects including her role as...
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Lyn welcomes planning permission for the Olympic Village Polyclinic
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Lyn Brown MP is delighted that planning permission has now been granted for the state-of-the-art Polyclinic to be built in the Olympic Village. Construction is due to start later this spring. The clinic is due to be completed in time for the Olympics when it will provide health facilities...
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Lyn visits Curwen school to see how the new buildings are progressing
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 Lyn Brown MP has been visiting Curwen School in Forest Gate to see how the new building is progressing. Lyn was shown around the new, eco-friendly building by Curwen’s school councillors, Year 5 students Sylvia Matipa and Yasin Appiah. The new building is being built with money from...
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Lyn congratulates Newham teachers at Number 10
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 Lyn Brown MP joined the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown and Ed Balls, Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, in recognising the hard work and achievements of a few of Newham’s head teachers at a 10 Downing Street reception. The head teachers of Rokeby School, Hallsville School, Upton Cross...
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Lyn welcomes big rise in the number of children having free school meals in Newham
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed a report revealing that the number of children having a free school meal in Newham primary schools has increased by 30%. The scheme is saving all families in Newham £8 a week per child. All primary schools in Newham have been taking part in...
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Lyn urges everyone in Newham to get the most from the phone deal
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Lyn has welcomed a new guide to mobile phone contracts which will help consumers in Newham save hundreds of pounds a year. The new guide gives tips on questions to ask before buying a phone and how to get the best deal and upgrade to suit their needs. The...
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Lyn welcomes new deal between credit companies and the government
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed a new deal between the government and credit card companies which will give people more control over their finances. It is estimated the deal will save consumers almost £300 million a year. The new deal will mean that consumers will be able to pay...
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Lyn Brown MP welcomes Newham scientist to Parliament
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 Newham scientist, Ephraim Ansa-Addoe, joined Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham, in Parliament this week to compete in the national scientific poster competition, SET for Britain.
SET for Britain is an exhibition of posters by research scientists, engineers and technologists who are at the start of their careers. The...
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Lyn Brown MP backs free personal care for those in most need
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Lyn Brown MP has backed the Government's guarantee of free personal care for those with the most need from October 2011.
The Personal Care at Home Bill is the Government's first step towards setting up a National Care Service. This will provide a fair and affordable care...
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Lyn Brown MP visits Forest Gate School for Fair Trade Fortnight
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 Lyn Brown MP visited Forest Gate Community School to talk to students and see what activities they have been doing as part of Fair Trade Fortnight (22nd February – 7th March). Lyn met young people from Godwin Primary School, who had popped in to make some amazing Fair Trade...
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Lyn Brown MP welcomes fall in teenage pregnancies
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed a 20% fall in teenage pregnancies in Newham, to their lowest rate in 20 years. The Government has invested an additional £26.8 million nationwide in 2008 on promoting contraception. In Newham, improved sex and relationship education and programmes like C-Card, which...
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Lyn Brown MP welcomes £11million for new homes
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed over £11million new funding from the Government to build 70 new homes in Newham. 10 of these will be built on London Road in Plaistow and the remaining 60 will be built at other sites around the Borough. This announcement is part...
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Lyn welcomes the Prime Minister to Newham
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 Lyn Brown MP was delighted to welcome the Prime Minister to Newham this week. Lyn joined the Prime Minister and Phil Hope, the Care Services Minister, on a visit to the Community Resource Centre in...
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Lyn signs up to votenhs.com campaign
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Lyn Brown MP has signed up to the Government’s pledge at www.voteNHS.com to create a new NHS guarantee of cancer diagnosis within 1 week of GP referral. This will ensure that all NHS patients are tested for cancer and told their results in just 7 days. A...
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Newham tenants to be better protected from unscrupulous landlords
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New measures are to give private-sector tenants in Newham better protection from unscrupulous landlords. This is the result of a lengthy Government consultation and determined campaigning from Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham. Newham council is to be given new powers to manage the unplanned spread of shared houses...
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Kick off for Kit For Kids campaign
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Leading Newham charities have joined Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham, in Parliament to kick off this year’s Kit For Kids campaign. Kit For Kids is an exciting new initiative to help Newham parents recycle their kids old school clothes at the end of the school year. Events will...
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Lyn Brown MP supports sunbed ban for under 18s
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Lyn Brown MP has been in Parliament to back a Bill to introduce a ban on anyone under 18 being able to use sunbeds. Recent research by Cancer Research UK, commissioned by the Government, found that a quarter of a million, or 6%, of children aged 11 to 17 have...
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Lyn Brown MP welcomes the new Polyclinic to be built on the Olympic Village Site
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed the proposals to build a new “world-class” Polyclinic to be built of the Olympic Village site. The polyclinic will provide a full range of primary health services, including a GP surgery, outpatient clinics, physiotherapy services, x-rays and ultrasounds. It will also include...
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My thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti as the devastation and destruction wrought by last weeks earthquake becomes clear. The death toll continues to rise and the difficulties facing the global relief effort are immense. If you would like to make a donation to the Disasters...
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Lyn Brown urges joining up to new boiler scheme
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Lyn Brown MP has urged all Newham residents to check whether they are eligible for the Government’s new Boiler Scrappage scheme. The scheme is open to anyone living in an owned or privately rented home who has an old ‘G-rated’ boiler. You can check whether your boiler qualifies at...
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Lyn Brown MP welcomes an extra £1.2million for new council homes in Newham
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed an extra £1.2million funding from the Government for new council homes in Newham. This new funding is part of a £122million package from the Government to be shared amongst 73 councils, to build over 4,000 new council homes housing over 8,000 people in 2010....
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Lyn Brown congratulates Newham students on another rise in their GCSE results
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Lyn Brown MP is delighted to congratulate all Newham students, parents and teaching staff on achieving another significant rise in their GCSE results.
64% of students at Newham schools achieved 5 or more A*-C GCSE passes in 2009, a 5% increase on 2008 and a massive 30% increase since 1998....
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Lyn Brown urges all Newham residents to stay warm this winter
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During this record-breaking spell of cold weather many Newham residents, particularly the vulnerable and the elderly, will be worrying about the cost of staying warm. But there is plenty of help available for anyone concerned about the cost of their heating. The Home Heat Helpline can...
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Lyn Brown welcomes £17.5m for Newham schools
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Lyn Brown MP has welcomed an extra £17.5million funding from the Government for extra primary school places for children in Newham. This new funding is part of a £271 million package from the Government to be shared amongst 34 local authorities, creating 15,000 new primary school places. The...
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Carers Rights Day in Newham
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Lyn Brown MP urges Newham carers to make sure they get the benefits they are entitled to. Carers in Newham are part of a network of six million unpaid carers in the UK, who provide vital care and support to family, friends and neighbours. This support is...
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Lyn Brown welcomes extra funding to tackle anti-social behaviour
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Lyn Brown welcomes extra funding to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newham Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham, has welcomed an extra £54,000 funding from the government to tackle anti-social behaviour in Newham. This new funding is part of a £10million package announced by the government...
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Newham parents missing out on payments of £500 per child from the Child Trust Fund
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Newham parents are missing out on making a vital investment for their children’s future. 10,000 Child Trust Fund vouchers worth over £500 have been issued in Newham since the Fund was introduced in 2005 and only 70% of these have been claimed by Newham parents. The vouchers are...
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New rights guaranteed for Newham patients
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The Labour government have announced that all NHS patients will be legally entitled to three new rights to treatment in early 2010. This means that if Newham Healthcare NHS Trust are unable to meet these guarantees, they will be required by law to find the patient treatment elsewhere. These...
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Lyn Brown welcomes over £1 million extra funding to help Newham’s long-term jobless
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Lyn Brown, Labour MP for West Ham, has welcomed an extra £1.1million funding from the government’s Working Neighbourhoods Fund intended to help Newham’s long-term unemployed to gain new skills and get back to work. This new funding is part of a £40million package from the government to be shared amongst...
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Lyn Brown MP signs up to 10:10 Climate Campaign
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Lyn Brown, Labour MP for West Ham, has signed up to the 10:10 campaign which requires participants to cut their carbon emissions by 10% by the end of 2010. Thousands of individuals have signed up – including the Prime Minister and Cabinet Ministers – as well as businesses, schools...
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Lyn Brown MP encourages Newham children to ‘turn up for the books’
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 In celebration of this year’s National Bookstart Day, Lyn Brown - West Ham’s Labour MP - spent the morning of Tuesday 6th October reading to local children at Plaistow Library. Along with Plaistow South Councillor Neil Wilson, Community Lead Councillor for Plaistow Community Forum, Lyn joined parents and library...
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Lyn Brown's Message to the Indian Muslim Federation's Eid Event
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Lyn Brown was unable to attend the Indian Muslim Federation's Eid Event on Thursday 15 October, held at East Ham Town Hall. However, the following message was delivered on her behalf to those attending. Salaam Alaikum I’m extremely sorry that I am not able to join you for today’s...
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Walk to School Month? Lyn Brown MP says ‘Count me in!’
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Pupils in West Ham will join thousands of children from across the UK and over 40 countries worldwide this October to celebrate the benefits of walking to school during International Walk to School Month and Lyn Brown MP will be encouraging local pupils to take part. The theme this...
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Lyn Brown MP backs new campaign to help Newham homeowners
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Labour MP Lyn Brown is backing a new national campaign which could help more than 185 people in Newham avoid having their home repossessed over the next three months. John Healey MP, Labour’s Housing Minister, has launched a new national campaign to help struggling homeowners take control of their finances...
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Lyn Brown MP backs blood pressure health during Know Your Numbers! Week
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 West Ham MP Lyn Brown is asking local residents ‘Could YOU be the 1 in 3 who has high blood pressure?’ when she supports Know your Numbers! Week 2009, run by UK charity the Blood Pressure Association. Today, Lyn is visiting Day Lewis Pharmacy in Forest...
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Lyn Brown Statement on Football Violence
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“I watched last night’s events with dismay and despair. I had hoped that we had put days and evenings like this firmly behind us. I know the club will be devastated by events that occurred in and around the ground, and the actions of a mindless minority have...
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Lyn Brown MP: Parents Can Help Protect Children Online
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Lyn Brown MP: Parents Can Help Protect Children Online Lyn Brown, MP for West Ham, is promoting Ofcom’s advice to parents and carers about child safety online during school summer holidays. The communications watchdog have issued a number of tips to parents to...
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Gordon Brown Visits Newham VI Form College
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 Prime Minister Visits Newham Sixth Form College Students and staff at NewVIc welcomed a ministerial convoy to the college today (Friday 24 April) headed by Prime Minster, Gordon Brown. The Prime Minster visited NewVIc with Liam Bryne MP and Jim Knight MP, as Government plans to expand voluntary work...
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Prime Minister Visits Plaistow
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 Plans to get all teenagers to carry out 50 hours of community work by the age of 19 will improve their tarnished image among older people, the Prime Minister has said. Gordon Brown visited Newham Sixth Form College in east London after Government plans to expand voluntary work by teenagers...
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Lyn Brown MP Calls On Prime Minister to Intervene in Sri Lankan Conflict
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 Lyn Brown MP has asked the Prime Minister to support a United Nations Security Council Resolution on the humanitarian crisis in Sri Lanka. The MP for West Ham was one of five parliamentarians who delivered a letter to Downing Street from the British Tamils Forum on Tuesday 7 April. Together...
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