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Category Archives: News
VIDEO: Teresa addresses Labour Party Conference on the Housing Crisis
Teresa recently addressed the Labour Party Conference on the housing crisis. You can watch the video of her speech below. You can find the text of Teresa’s speech here.
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Tagged 2016, Conference, housing, housing crisis, labour, Labour Party Conference, Liverpool, Shadow Minister for Housing and Planning, Teresa Pearce MP
Teresa speaks at British Red Cross parliamentary event to help people save lives
Teresa spoke on Tuesday at a British Red Cross event promoting its ‘Don’t Stop at 999 Campaign.’ New research from the British Red Cross reveals that up to 59% of deaths from injury could potentially be prevented if the public … Continue reading
Posted in House of Commons, News, Press Notices, Quotes
Tagged 999, British Red Cross, Event, every child a life saver, first aid, Health, life, Parliament
Teresa hosts event to raise awareness of Lyme Disease
Teresa hosted an event in Parliament on Tuesday 6 September to raise awareness of Lyme Disease. Lyme Disease is a crippling tick-borne infection which can become a chronic, debilitating and disabling condition if not treated. However, Lyme Disease not … Continue reading
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Tagged awareness, Drop-in, Event, Health, Lyme Disease, NHS, Parliament
Teresa responds to the Government’s decision to delay plans to privatise the Land Registry
Teresa Pearce MP, Labour’s Shadow Housing and Planning Minister, responding to the Government’s decision to delay plans to privatise the Land Registry, said: “At last the government has seen sense and decided to think again about this senseless scheme … Continue reading
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Tagged housing, Land Registry, Neighbourhood Planning Bill, Planning, Privatisation
Teresa praises GCSE and A-Level Students
Teresa today congratulated students who have picked up their GCSE and A-Level results in the last seven days. Schools across Bexley and Greenwich received results higher than the national averages in both GCSEs and A-Levels. Teresa said: “I … Continue reading
Teresa comments on analysis of home ownership levels
Teresa, Labour’s Shadow Housing and Planning Minister, commenting on analysis of home ownership levels by the Resolution Foundation, said: “This analysis is a damning indictment of the government’s failure to get to grips with the housing crisis. Millions … Continue reading
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Tagged home ownership, house building, housing, housing crisis, shadow minister, starter homes, tenure
Teresa supports campaign for every child to join local library Summer Reading Challenge 2016
Teresa is supporting a campaign run by charity The Reading Agency to encourage all primary school children to take part in the annual Summer Reading Challenge – the UK’s largest reading for pleasure promotion. This year’s Summer Reading Challenge … Continue reading
Posted in Local events, News, Press Notices
Tagged Bexley, Children, greenwich, Libraries, Reading, Roald Dahl, The Big Friendly Read
Teresa urges local groups to apply for lottery funding
Teresa today encouraged local groups to apply for new funding made available by the Big Lottery Fund for community events or activities. Applications for funding opened today, 6 July 2016, and organisations can apply for up to £10,000 to … Continue reading
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Teresa pledges to support high quality end of life care for LGBT people
Teresa yesterday pledged to support Marie Curie in calling for high quality palliative and end of life care for lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans people, following the release of the charity’s latest report ‘Hiding Who I am’: The reality … Continue reading
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