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Rowen quizzes top civil servant
Rochdale MP and member of the Public Administration Select Committee, Paul Rowen, today quizzed Britain's top civil servant, Sir Gus O'Donnell, on propriety and sleaze.
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Heywood Councillor hits out at Labour over adult care controversy
Heywood Councillor Doreen Brophy-Lee has called for the Labour Party to stop using the Heywood Township as a "political football". Councillor Brophy-Lee was responding after the Labour Party brought…
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Heywood Councillor hits out at Labour over adult care controversy
Heywood Councillor Doreen Brophy-Lee has called for the Labour Party to stop using the Heywood Township as a "political football". Councillor Brophy-Lee was responding after the Labour Party brought…
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Lib Dems call for Murphy "to quit"
Lib Dems are calling for under fire Councillor, David Murphy to resign from the Council. They are accusing Labour of covering up his "move to Spain".
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Letter from Parliament
The media is at its best when it is in investigative mode - Would President Nixon ever have been impeached and Watergate uncovered had not the Washington Post published the story? At the moment I'm…
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Councillor Wera Hobhouse welcomes 'low' council tax increase
Heywood and Middleton Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Councillor Wera Hobhouse has welcomed next year's proposed council tax increase as one of the lowest in the country, she said: "3.8% is…
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Councillor Hobhouse acknowledges 100 years of female councillors
Councillor Wera Hobhouse is calling for more women to get involved in politics. Councillor Hobhouse was speaking on the 100th anniversary of the election of female councillors - women councillors…
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Rowen praises prompt pay outs
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, has praised the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) for they way they dealt with the Streetcred collapse in Rochdale. The FSCS promptly swung into action as soon as…
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Rowen chooses Rochdale artist for Christmas card
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has chosen a painting from celebrated Rochdale artist Geoff Butterworth for his Christmas card. Mr Rowen and his colleagues have reproduced nearly 50,000 cards with the…
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Council tax increase set to be lowest for 11 years
Council leaders have revealed proposals to peg back the council tax increase to 3.8% in 2008/09 - the lowest for 11 years.