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MPs Andrew Dismore, Rudi Vis and Theresa Villiers take a stand on matters close to their hearts

We owe it to our elders

10:35am Friday 3rd April 2009

Finchley and Golders Green MP Rudi Vis is convinced the axe will fall on wardens for elderly people in sheltered accommodation, and he struggles to see how it can be justified

Same old Tories, same old cuts

Warden Chris Brown will keep her job at private sheltered accommodation but is angry that live-in wardens in council facilities will be scrapped

5:36pm Tuesday 17th March 2009

Barnet Conservatives are reverting to Tory type, with their scheme to cut sheltered housing wardens, hitting the vulnerable - the least able to fight back.

At last, some good news for the borough

Park Idol: Residents are being urged to vote for Dollis Valley Green Walk (above)

10:17am Wednesday 11th March 2009

AFTER months of non-stop bad news on the economy, it was great to have some good news last week.

Laying down the law

1:10pm Thursday 19th February 2009

There have been many comments about my “sleepover” in Parliament, to gain priority for my 12 Private Members’ Bills. No backbencher has ever proposed so many, an “alternative Queen’s Speech”.

Immigration Bill will "lay down a radical new approach to citizenship"

Immigration controls at UK borders have been stepped up

3:58pm Monday 19th January 2009

ONE of the key new Bills the Labour Government is taking through Parliament is the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill.

Gordon is failing to deliver

4:12pm Wednesday 17th December 2008

GORDON Brown’s claim in Parliament to have saved the world may have been just a slip of the tongue last week, but it tells us something about the person he is — a man who has repeatedly and unwisely boasted he had delivered an end to ‘boom and bust’.

Crunch time is ahead

10:24am Thursday 4th December 2008

Finchley and Golders Green MP RUDI VIS argues why it is vital to take action to help the economy, rather than follow the Tory ‘do nothing’ plan

Childcare help adds up

12:15pm Tuesday 4th November 2008

Finchley and Golders Green MP RUDI VIS thinks the help given to parents by the Government is essential for cutting child poverty

Don't bank on support

MP Theresa Villiers said the Government has to ensure there is not a repeat of last year’s run on Northern Rock, such the Golders Green Road branch

3:51pm Tuesday 21st October 2008

Chipping Barnet MP THERESA VILLIERS says Tories will be a critical friend to the Government over the economy

Longer hours will save lives

2:05pm Wednesday 15th October 2008

Finchley and Golders Green MP Rudi Vis welcomes the achievement of the Government's target on GP opening hours.

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