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Caroline welcomes ban on unfair card charges

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed the announcement that the Government are banning unfair credit and debit card fees. In 2010 alone the total value of surcharges for debit and credit cards was an estimated £473 million.

Ambulance Response Programme

The Secretary of State for Health is authorising NHS England to implement the Ambulance Response Programme recommendations in all ambulance services in the England so that patients across the country will benefit from the improvements seen in the pilot ambulance services. The University of Sheffiel

Caroline welcomes £1.3 billion boost to the core Schools Budget

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed this week's announcement that there will be an additional £1.3 billion for schools funding over two years – helping to create more good school places. Education Secretary Justine Greening announced the boost to the core schools budget, which will deliver th

Caroline welcomes Highest Employment Rate

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage has welcomed the news that employment across the UK is at its highest rate since comparable records began in 1971, according to the latest labour market figures, with 74.9% of people in employment. In Gosport, the number of people claiming the key out of work benefits ha

MP welcomes inquiry into Contaminated Blood Tragedy

Caroline Dinenage MP has welcomed the Government's decision to hold a full inquiry into the contaminated blood tragedy of the 1970s and 1980s. The human cost and scale of this tragedy is vast, and saw thousands of NHS patients given blood products infected with Hepatitis C and HIV.

Caroline meets Future Leaders

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, recently met with Members of Future Leaders Connect in Parliament. The British Council is seeking exceptional young people aged 18-35 to join a long-term global network of emerging policy leaders for an intensive policy and leadership development programme, including a

Caroline welcomes Transport Investment Plan

Local MP, Caroline Dinenage, has welcomed today's announcement of a multi-billion pound fund to combat congestion in towns and cities across England. This cash will aim to improve local roads that were "de-trunked" by Labour nearly two decades ago and is part of a fund totalling more than £61 billi

Equalities Office to fund abortions for women in Northern Ireland

'Caroline Dinenage MP has welcomed the Government's announcement that residents of Northern Ireland will no longer be required to pay for abortion services performed by NHS England. Health is a devolved matter, meaning that while residents of Northern Ireland are currently able to access these serv

Transport for the South East

A new partnership, 'Transport for the South East' (TfSE), has been formed which brings together the South East's sixteen local transport authorities and its five Local Enterprise Partnerships. TfSE will speak with a single voice on the area's transport priorities.

The Queen's Speech passes through Parliament

The Queen's Speech passed unamended through the Commons with a majority of 323 to 309. Labour had proposed an amendment to lift the cap on public sector pay. This would not only seen the pay of frontline staff increase, but also that of high level executives already receiving large salaries.