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Barbara to run City of Salford 10k to raise funds for Christie Salford Appeal
Barbara to run City of Salford 10k to raise funds for Christie Salford AppealBarbara is to run the City of Salford 10k Run on Sunday September 5th to raise funds for the Christie Salford Appeal. Since being elected MP for Worsley in May 2005, Barbara has completed a number of runs to raise...

Barbara supports the use of the House of Commons for UK Youth Parliament
Barbara supports the use of the House of Commons for UK Youth Parliament Last week Barbara voted to support a motion to allow the UK Youth Parliament to use the House of Commons Chamber for a debate on one day each year during this Parliament. After the debate went on late into the...

Little Hulton to receive £1 million in Big Lottery Funding
Little Hulton to receive £1 million in Big Lottery Funding  Barbara has welcomed news that the Big Lottery Fund will give a £1 million fund to communities in Little Hulton. Barbara has raised the issue with the Big Lottery Fund that local organisations in Little Hulton have not...

Barbara strongly supports recent article by Ed Balls MP – “Men must champion equality as well as women”
Barbara strongly supports recent article by Ed Balls MP â âMen must champion equality as well as womenâ Barbara supports the theme of a recent Labour List article by Ed Balls MP, which is reproduced here: Equality for women is at the heart of everything Labour stands for. We championed it when we were in government and...

Latest column for the Salford Advertiser
Latest column for the Salford AdvertiserMore broken promises from the Conservatives. They promised no more top-down reorganisations of the NHS. Instead, their NHS White Paper proposes the biggest structural upheaval in the NHS for 60 years. This will cost the NHS £1.7 billion, money...

Barbara praises organisation of Walkden Music Festival
Barbara praises organisation of Walkden Music FestivalBarbara joined local families and young people at the Walkden Music Festival. The festival was held for the second year in Parr Fold Park, Walkden. Organiser Rory Browne had attracted a good line up of bands and DJs to perform...

Barbara says Government NHS Reforms are costly, risky and could damage services
Barbara says Government NHS Reforms are costly, risky and could damage servicesIn an interview for the BBC Politics Show broadcast from the Pendleton Walk-in Centre in Salford, Barbara criticised the radical reforms proposed by the Government in its White Paper on the NHS. The Pendleton Walk-in NHS Centre opened in March...

Barbara introduces Bill to Parliament to improve support for Carers
Barbara introduces Bill to Parliament to improve support for CarersBarbara has introduced a Bill to Parliament that would ensure that GPs and schools identify carers and young carers. The Carers (Identification and Support) Bill would make sure that GPs would recognise that a patient was a carer...

Transport Minister agrees to meet Barbara and residents in Worsley to review proposals for M60
Transport Minister agrees to meet Barbara and residents in Worsley to review proposals for M60 Barbara is continuing her campaign for the cancellation of the unpopular scheme to add a lane to the M60 between junctions 12 and 15 at Worsley. Barbara has urged Transport Minister Mike Penning to cancel the scheme because...

Barbara takes Child Poverty Champion pledge
Barbara takes Child Poverty Champion pledge Barbara has pledged to become a “Child Poverty Champion” for the charity Child Poverty Action Group and to work towards helping to end child poverty in Worsley and Eccles South and across the UK. Barbara said: “I have signed a...

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