Huw's News
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A Letter from Huw - Bevan Society Awards
I am inviting nominations from our area for the Bevan Society's Awards for Health and Well-Being, set up in the name of Nye Bevan, the architect of the National Health...
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Huw calls on UK Government to Help Long Term Unemployed Now.
Ogmore MP and Shadow Minister Huw Irranca-Davies is calling on the UK government to take urgent action to help the long term unemployed back into work. Huw says...
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Local MP Welcomes Multi-User Games Area in Pencoed.
Huw Irranca-Davies MP has welcomed a new Multi User Games Area (MUGA) as part of an action plan that is delivering better services, new public spaces and increased investment into...
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Huw Praises Efforts of Maesteg Comprehensive’s Formula 1 Project
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies congratulated the efforts of Maesteg Comprehensive Formula 1 project during a visit to the school on Friday 19th April Teams from the school are...
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Huw Celebrates the Achievements of ‘Looked After’ Children.
Ogmore MP has celebrated the inspirational achievements of young people and children who are in care in his constituency. More than 130 ‘looked after’ young people from the...
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Time to Nominate Local Unsung Heroes
Local MP Huw Irranca-Davies is asking people to nominate excellent carers from the local area who deserve to win this year’s Wales Care Awards. The Wales Care Awards,...
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Maggie & Me
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies joined the Labour Party in 1979, the year Margaret Thatcher came to power. The effects of “Thatcherism” on South Wales helped define his politics. This is...
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Huw Express Dismay at Budget
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has expressed his dismay that once again George Osborne has once again missed the opportunity to deliver for the young unemployed in South Wales....
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Huw Welcomes New Service for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Local MP Huw Irranca-Davies has congratulated Bridgend County Borough Council on taking steps to ensure their services are easily accessible for people who are deaf or hard of hearing....
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Huw Encourages People to Help Make Bridgend a Better Place to Live.
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has called on anyone and everyone living, working or studying in Bridgend County to take part in a consultation on an important new plan for the...
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Ogmore MP gets Personal on Ankylosing Spondylitis
Ogmore MP and Shadow Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has secured a debate on Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS), a muscular-skeletal condition which affects him and around 200,000 other people in the UK. Well...
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Huw supports plans to stub out smoking in children’s playgrounds
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has welcomed plans by Bridgend County Borough Council to ban smoking inside children’s playgrounds. In line with the Tobacco Control Action Plan for Wales...
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Huw Welcomes Support for People Living with Motor Neurone Disease in Bridgend.
Member of Parliament for Ogmore Huw Irranca-Davies has welcomed Bridgend County Borough Council’s decision to pledge its support for a charter which recognises the rights and priorities of people living...
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Local Green Heroes Miss Out on Shortlist
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies this year nominated Brit Growers/Our Garden, a community garden in Gilfach Goch led by Mark Street for this year’s “Keep Wales Tidy” Awards and...
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Keep Wales Tidy and Have a Cup of Tea
Keep Wales Tidy and Have a Cup of Tea Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies is encouraging everyone in his constituency and the rest of Wales to join...
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Huw Celebrates Success of Local School
Huw Celebrates Success of Local School. Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has congratulated the staff, governors and pupils of Maesteg Comprehensive after a glowing report. Estyn inspectors...
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Huw Celebrates Investment into Llynfi Valley
Huw celebrates investment into Llynfi Valley. Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has welcomed the decision by Partspeed to create 50 new jobs at its 40,000 square foot production facility...
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Huw Chalks Up Another Award
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has received yet another prestigious award. As well as being named The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management’s Environmental MP of the year for 2012...
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Update on recyling and refuse collection
The council’s waste partners May Gurney have confirmed that collections for Friday 25 January will take place as scheduled. Residents whose black refuse bags were due to be...
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Huw Irranca-Davies MP welcomes new digital workshops
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has welcomed steps by Bridgend County Borough Council to create a series of free drop-in ‘digital workshops’ aimed at helping job seekers in need of ICT...
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Huw welcomes Bridgend County Borough Council’s dedication to the armed forces
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Davies has celebrated the decision of Bridgend County Borough Council to build on its already strong links with the armed forces by developing an Armed Forces Community...
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Update on Bridgend County Weather Response
Here is an update from Bridgend County Borough Council’s Network Manager: Teams are continuing to work on the roads of the secondary routes and also dealing with emergency...
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Success for Arctic Convoy Campaigners
Huw Irranca-Davies welcomed the announcement by the Prime Minister at the last Prime Minister’s Questions that there is to be an Arctic Convoy Star medal for those who served on...
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Two years in: Broken promises, failed policies and incompetence – Life with the Coalition.
As David Cameron and Nick Clegg review and re-launch their coalition government now is as good a time as ever to take a look at what they have really done...
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Mayor's Citizenship Awards 2012/13
Ogmore MP Huw Irranca-Daives has encouraged residents of Bridgend Borough to let the council know who they think are the most deserving members of the community. Each year Bridgend County...
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