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Furious elderly and disabled people in Coventry say huge increases in the cost of meals on wheels, home helps and other council care would force many to choose between heating and eating.
More than 230 people would have to fork out at least an aver...
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A wheelie bad idea by Cllr. Kevin Foster
Want your bin back? That'll be £30 pleaseA Labour councillor has slammed a ridiculous council policy which requires residents to cough up for a new wheelie bin if their own is stolen or vandalised.
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Campaigning MP Jim Cunningham is pleased that action is being taken to reduce prices for customers who use pre payment meters (PPM) for their energy. Following an investigation by OFGEM, the energy regulator, energy suppliers will have to ensure the...
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Union Calls National Rally
Local Government workers union Unite has thrown its weight behind the campaign to stop the cuts in children's play-schemes by calling a national rally outside the Council House on February 14th.
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Threat to after-school schemes used by 6,000 city kids
Coventry parents organise a petition objecting to the scrapping of children's clubs
After-school children's clubs and play schemes used by thousands of city youngsters face the axe und...
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"Pink inflatable elephants is the latest 'bonkers' crime initiative"
Cllr. Ed Ruane has accused Cllr. Kevin Foster, Deputy Leader of Coventry City Council who has responsibility for the Council's Finances o...
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Jim
Cunningham has increased the pressure on the government to take action to help
Jaguar Land Rover through their current difficulties. In a question in the House of Commons Jim
asked if the Secretary of State would meet a sm...
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Coventry South MP, Jim Cunningham, today called on the government to strengthen the law on employment tribunal awards. Every year about 15,000 claims at a tribunal end in a judgement in favour of the claimant and a monetary award. However, for...
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Following lobbying from Coventry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre (CRASAC), Jim Cunningham MP has written to the Minister for Women Harriett Harman, asking for her intervention to help fund the local Coventry office. CRASAC is a local charity set up i...
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With many people having made New Year Resolutions to start looking after their health. The new One Body One Life team are planning an event to kick start the year to help residents look after their health. They will be hosting a Healthy Lifestyle Da...
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Coventry City Council have decided to axe gating schemes across the city. As from 1st April 2009 the Gating scheme will be scrapped. It has a total budget of just over £100,000 per annum and the Gating Officer post in Community Safety will be ...
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Cllr.
Ed Ruane (Lab, Henley) has criticised Coventry PCT and the City Council for the
lack of progress in tackling obesity in Coventry
and for still not having a clear joint strategy in tackling obesity, as obesity
in Coventry
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Jim Cunningham has reassured those parents who struggle to pay for school uniforms for their kids after raising the issue with a government Minister, Sarah McCarthy Fry MP. This is in response to a campaign by Coventry Citizens Advice Bureau support...