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Latest news and press releases
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Barbara introduces Bill to Parliament to improve support for Carers
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 Barbara 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...
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Transport Minister agrees to meet Barbara and residents in Worsley to review proposals for M60
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 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...
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Barbara takes Child Poverty Champion pledge
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 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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Barbara meets children and families in Every Disabled Child Matters Campaign
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 Barbara attended the launch of the Every Disabled Child Matters (EDCM) latest campaign for children with disabilities and their families. The event marked the launch of EDCM’s new briefing ‘Disabled children: an agenda for the new Government’ which presents evidence...
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Barbara joins national campaign to raise awareness of eye health
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 Barbara joined eye health professionals and representatives of national sight loss charities to mark National Eye Health Week (14 – 20 June) and highlight the importance of regular sight tests for people in Worsley and Eccles South. At...
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Barbara urges better support as more family carers take on full time caring role
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 Barbara is urging better support for carers. The 2001 Census showed that the number of carers in Salford who were caring for more than fifty hours a week was 24%, which was more than twice the national figure of...
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Barbara hits out at Budget cuts affecting mothers in Salford
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 Barbara has expressed concern about the Government’s cuts to financial support for mothers. Some mothers in Salford are set to lose around £1200 in the first year as a result of cuts announced in the Chancellor’s Budget last week....
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Barbara backs campaign for better provision of wheelchairs
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 Barbara has pledged to back disability campaigners in their fight for better wheelchair services. Barbara attended an event in Westminster to listen to muscle disease patients and their carers about the problems they have experienced in getting funding for...
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Latest Salford Advertiser column: Budget Cuts and VAT Increase are Government Parties’ Broken Promises
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As I predicted, the Health Secretary has now announced that the Government has scrapped Labour’s patient guarantees. Patients can no longer rely on being seen within four hours in Accident and Emergency departments or having a maximum wait of eighteen...
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Barbara fears Tory Liberal Democrat Budget will hit Salford hard
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 Barbara has responded to the Chancellor’s Budget, criticising the measures it contains that will put people out of work, hold back economic growth and damage vital public services for people in Salford. The Chancellor’s decision to raise VAT to...
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