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News cuttings and articles

General and Local Government
2008
Begat	Local Government Chronicle - 29 April 2008
Greenflint	Local Government Chronicle - 7 April 2008
Eco-towns	Shelter - 4 April 2008
Edinburgh	Local Government Chronicle - 18 March 2008
Pushy	Local Government Chronicle - 4 March 2008
Quango	Local Government Chronicle - 21 January 2008
2007
Santa	Local Government Chronicle - 10 December 2007
Starter	Local Government Chronicle - 13 November 2007
Milton Keynes	Local Government Chronicle - 29 October 2007
Morton	Local Government Chronicle - 15 October 2007
Penstemon	Local Government Chronicle - 1 October 2007
Homes	Local Government Chronicle - 18 September 2007
Fever	Local Government Chronicle - 03 September 2007
Godfather	Local Government Chronicle - 09 August 2007
Jamie	Local Government Chronicle - 09 August 2007
Unlamented	Local Government Chronicle - 09 August 2007
Pickles	Local Government Chronicle - 11 July 2007
Council House	Local Government Chronicle - 26 June 2007
Beckham	Local Government Chronicle - 12 June 2007
Nineteen	Local Government Chronicle - 29 May 2007
Poor Gordon	Local Government Chronicle - 14 May 2007
Up North	Yorkshire Post - 8 May 2007
Urns	Local Government Chronicle - 1 May 2007
Decade	Local Government Chronicle - 30 April 2007
Trust	Yorkshire Post - 23 April 2007
Segolene Royal	Yorkshire Post - 10 April 2007
Letter to Craven Herald Regarding local meeting of Dairy Farmers in Clapham	Craven Herald (letter)- 28 March 2007
Rome	Yorkshire Post - 19 March 2007
EU budget letter	Craven Herald (letter)- 12 March 2007
Council Tax	Yorkshire Post - 12 March 2007
Wider	The House Magazine - 7 March 2007
Funny	Local Government Chronicle - 5 March 2007
Miliband	Yorkshire Post - 26 February 2007
Flesh	Local Government Chronicle - 26 February 2007
Gobble Gobble	Yorkshire Post - 12 February 2007
Women’s Local Government Society	Local Government Chronicle - 5 February 2007
Craven Services	The Craven Herald - 29 January 2007
Tesco	Yorkshire Post - 29 January 2007
Parliamentary Bills	Local Government Chronicle - 23 January 2007
Big Test	Yorkshire Post - 15 January 2007
Railway lines	Local Government Chronicle - 01 January 2007
2006
Resolve	Local Government Chronicle - 18 December 2006
Styx	Yorkshire Post - 18 December 2006
Anniversary	Yorkshire Post - 1 December 2006
Imaginings	Local Government Chronicle - 1 December 2006
Glimmer	Local Government Chronicle - 1 November 2006
Politburo	Local Government Chronicle - 1 October 2006
Coalition	Yorkshire Post - 1 October 2006
Blood	Yorkshire Post - 11 September 2006
Brighton	Local Government Chronicle - 5 September 2006
End-game	Yorkshire Post - 27 August 2006
Mozzie	Local Government Chronicle - 20 August 2006
Last Man	Yorkshire Post - August 2006
Buckets	Yorkshire Post - 24 July 2006
Financial Crisis In The NHS	Local Government Chronicle - July 2006
Murphy’s law	Yorkshire Post - July 2006
Baby On Board	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
The Bromley By-Election	Yorkshire Post - July 2006
The Home Office	Yorkshire Post
Size	Yorkshire Post
Women	Yorkshire Post
Bird Flu	Yorkshire Post
Sell-off	Yorkshire Post
St George	Yorkshire Post
The Countryside	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
Red Ribbons	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
Schools Committee	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
Power	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
Milburn	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
Phone masts	Local Government Chronicle - 2006
Turning fields into taxes	Local Government Chronicle - 2 February 2006
Cameron's mission to win back trust of the nation	Yorkshire Post - 30 January 2006
Cameron lights Tory fire	Local Government Chronicle - 5 January 2006
The spell is broken, but don't bank on Blair to go quietly	Yorkshire Post - 4 January 2006
2005
Missing Whiff of fear hangs over Brown's leadership hopes	Yorkshire Post - 22 December 2005
Now the Tory challenge really begins	Yorkshire Post - 5 December 2005
Missing inaction - Kennedy the invisible man	Yorkshire Post - 25 November 2005
Move along now, officer	Local Government Chronicle - 24 November 2005
Young Ruth's big day	Local Government Chronicle - 10 November 2005
Let the battle commence	Local Government Chronicle - 19 January 2005
2004
South bears the brunt of huge rise in council tax	Daily Mail - 2 March 2004
Council tax to increase four times inflation rate	Daily Telegraph - 2 March 2004
COUNCIL TAX RISES DOUBLE INFLATION	Independent - 2 March 2004
Tory MP is pictured in bed with nude ladies	Craven Herald - 27 February 2004
Council tax to rise by 6% despite cap threats	The Times - 2 March 2004
All-postal voting challenge throws plan into doubt	Yorkshire Post - 13 February 2004
Prescott 'stripping grassroots of power' Tories attack move	Yorkshire Post - 13 February 2004
Councils defy No 10 to raise tax by double the rate of inflation	Daily Telegraph - 7 February 2004
A Game of Two Halves	Profile of David Curry by The Guardian - 4 February
Dismay over 'post only' election in Yorkshire	Yorkshire Post - 22 January 2004
COUNCIL TAX WARNINGS SENT TO 31 AUTHORITIES	Independent - 17 January 2004
55% say "No" to Prescott's parliament for region	Yorkshire Post - 16 January 2004
Home packs delayed	Daily Telegraph - 13 January 2004
South will pay for shake-up	Daily Mail - 13 January 2004
The Great Prescott Hoax? The Government's plans for Regional Assemblies	Article by David Curry for the Yorkshire Post - January
MP's anger at promotion cash for referendum	This is Bradford - 9January 2004
Annuities Bill
2002
MP seeks to keep annuity shake-up on the agenda	Daily Telegraph - 7 December
Tories back calls to free up pension rules	Daily Telegraph - 18 November
Tories plot fresh annuities attack	Sunday Telegraph - 17 November
Tores plan bill to fight annuities	Sunday Times - 17 November
You wouldn't recommend it to your mum	Financial Times - 11 May
Offering comparison, but not choice The Government opposes radical reform of the annuities system	Daily Telegraph - 27 April
Awake by name, asleep by nature?	Yorkshire Post - 26th April
Government opts for benchmark annuity	Daily Telegraph - 23 April
Campaigners unite for pension reform	Sunday Express - 14 April
Battle rages over 'age 75' compulsion	Sunday Telegraph - 14 April
Let's stop talking and keep working	Independent on Sunday - 14 April
Brown calls 'annity summit'	Sunday Times - 14 April
Labour suffers first defeat of Parliament	Independent - 13 April
Pensions experts called to discuss reforms	The Times - 13 April
ABI backs calls for money-back guarantees	Financial Times - 13 April
Commons defeat for Blair on pension annities	Financial Times - 13 April
Annuity Bill delay slated	Daily Telegraph - 13 April
Attempt to reform pensions is wrecked	Telegraph - 13 April
It's a bit rich coming from an MP	Daily Telegraph - 9 March
Government backs annuities	The Times - 6 March
Pensions in crisis: MPs revolt on reform: Backbenchers fight for change in rules as our campaign takes off	Observer - 3 March
Full-scale pension reform ruled out	The Guardian 6 February
Annuities war goes on	Mail on Sunday - 27 January
The prospects for Curry's annuity Bill are not too hot	Sunday Telegraph - 13 January
Signs of Life	Yorkshire Post - 13 January
Defeat for Blair in Tory ambush	Daily Telegraph - 12 January

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