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Southampton MP Denham condemns axing of Government Office of the South East
Responding to today’s announcement by Eric Pickles, Communities Secretary, that he is scrapping all Government Offices, John Denham, Labour’s Shadow CLG Secretary and Southampton Itchen MP, said: "The decision leaves English regions without any way of co-ordinating economic development, major infrastructure projects and the effective co-ordination of public services for local people. It is a decision being made under the guise of ‘localism’ but it will see a huge centralisation of power into Whitehall Ministries. "In government we laid out proposals in our budget in March for making significant savings in regional government but retaining the...

Brighton and Hove Labour welcome fall in crime in Sussex
Brighton & Hove Labour Group’s Community Safety spokesperson Cllr Warren Morgan, has joined Alan Johnson, Shadow Home Secretary, in welcoming crime figures today which show that crime in the UK has continued to fall. Cllr Morgan said: "Overall crime is down 6% in Sussex from last year which is promising news. "The Tory-Liberal coalition government and the local Tory-run council are putting this reduction in crime at risk – and there is still more work to be done to reduce crime. Brighton & Hove Council is cutting funding to projects tackling youth crime and there can be no justification...

Coalition plans are an attack on frontline policing in Hampshire
Alan Whitehead, Labour MP for Southampton Test, has joined Alan Johnson, Shadow Home Secretary, in his condemnation of the Tory-Liberal Coalition’s proposed reduction in the Police Grant this year. Speaking ahead of a House of Commons vote on the proposals which could have an immediate impact on the number of police on our streets, Alan Johnson MP, Shadow Home Secretary said: "This will put massive pressure on forces and police authorities who have already set their budgets for the year. "A cut of £115m is equivalent to over 4,000 fewer Police Constables on the beat. "With...

Scale of job cuts for young people revealed
New research by Southampton’s Labour MPs has revealed the potentially devastating impact on Southampton of the government’s cuts to help young people into work. New projections suggest that hundreds of new jobs for young people in Hampshire will now not be funded, and over 900 further jobs are under threat as a direct result of the Coalition Government’s choice of cuts. On taking office, the Liberal-Tory government announced it was scrapping Labour’s Young Person’s Guarantee of a place in education, training or a job for every young person after 6 months of unemployment. The...

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