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  • School Cost To Families Doesn’t Add Up

    Coventry South MP, Jim Cunningham, is backing the city’s Citizens’ Advice Bureau campaign to see that sending children to school isn’t a financial burden for families. Jim is backing the Bureau's ‘Adding Up’ campaign to reduc...
  • Council must tackle disabled parking bay abuse

    Local councillor Ed Ruane is calling on the Council to prevent people from abusing disabled persons’ parking spaces. He wants the Council to look at ways that all parking bays reserved for disabled drivers would be legally enforceable. Current...
  • Jim Hails Pre-Budget Report

    Jim Cunningham MP welcomed the measures announced by the Chancellor in today’s Pre Budget Report; which looks to help small businesses, families, homeowners and pensioners.   He said, “The Chancellor of the Exchequer’s ...
  • In The Business of Helping Business

    Following an appeal from the Federation of Small Businesses to seek financial support for their members during the current financial situation, Coventry South MP, Jim Cunningham, is seeking to raise awareness of the federation’s appeal in ...
  • Geoffrey backs national campaign for affordable warmth for all

    Geoffrey Robinson MP has backed an annual drive by fuel poverty campaigners to raise awareness of how energy efficiency measures can make homes warmer, cheaper and healthier to live in; and what assistance is available from the government. Geof...
  • No Reason Not To Pay Up

    Labour to end tips counting towards payment of the National Minimum Wage  New powers come in to take action against rogue employers who underpay staff  The Labour Government has said that it intends to change the current mini...
  • Apprenticeships "Top of the Class"

    There was praise for city schools and teachers in Parliament as Jim Cunningham, MP for Coventry South, asked what the government had done to improve school standards in recent years.   In oral questions to the Department for Children F...
  • Jim warns of deadly Carbon Monoxide risk

    Jim Cunningham MP has urged Coventry residents to protect themselves against the deadly threat of Carbon Monoxide poisoning this winter.  Research shows that around 1.7 million West Midlands households are putting themselves at risk of Carbon Monoxid...
  • Labour Gives Card Account Boost to Post Office

    Jim Cunningham MP pays tribute to local campaigners Local Post Offices received a boost today as the Labour Government awarded the contract for the POCA service to the Post Office, after the product was put out to tender in December 2006. This anno...
  • "West Midlands is IT Pioneer"

    Business in the West Midlands was given the Parliamentary seal of approval yesterday when Coventry South MP, Jim Cunningham, sought recognition of the strides the region has made in developing web based technology. The 'Power of Information' taskforce...
  • Jim Gets Action on Pre-payment Meters

    After the recent publicity in the Coventry Telegraph, Ofgem (The Gas and Electricity Markets Authority) has written to Jim Cunningham MP (Coventry South) about their interim report on energy supply markets, including investigating Pre-Pa...
  • MP Jim "Wears It Pink"

    Jim Cunningham MP (Coventry South) joined forces with the Breast Cancer Campaign for its award winning fundraising event, "Wear it Pink", on Friday 31 October. Labour colleagues gathered together in Parliament this week wearing an assortment ...
  • Jim Visits New Children's Centre

    Councillor Jim O'Boyle has visited the new Children's Centre that has just opened at Gosford Park School in the St. Michael's Ward of the city. Funded by the Labour Government, this centre is part of the programme of Sure Start initiatives which has se...