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		<title>Gordon Brown: You have to grow not cut your way out of a recession</title>
		<link>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/gordon-brown-you-have-to-grow-not-cut-your-way-out-of-a-recession/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2009 22:50:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Britain cannot cut its way out of this downturn – we have to invest our way out.

Over the last few months, Labour has taken action to protect savings, make more lending available to people in businesses, save and protect jobs and invest for the future.     
This sits in stark contrast to the last recession [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Real help for families in Glasgow &#8211; higher pensions, higher tax credits and tax cuts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ann McKechin MP]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are tough times right across the world including here in Glasgow. The Labour Government is committed to preventing a repeat of the mistakes of previous recessions where families and communities were left to cope on their own.
Scottish Labour stands for fairness &#8211; and when times are tougher, Labour believes we must redouble our efforts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting the world economy back on track</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:13:09 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Ann McKechin MP]]></category>
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Local MP, Ann McKechin, with the Prime Minister on the eve of the G20 summit, where world leaders came together to secure a new global deal on regulation and fiscal stimulus for the world economy.
G20 London summit delivers major progress
Ann McKechin MP welcomed the progress made at this week&#8217;s London G20 summit.  The Leaders at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>March Kelvin News from Pauline McNeill MSP</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Mar 2009 20:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clyde shipyards win Navy work
I welcome the recent contracts boost to our local yards from the Royal Navy, building a stable future for shipbuilding jobs in our constituency.
The yards of my constituency on the Clyde are still today, the best shipbuilders in the world. I&#8217;m pleased that the UK Government has recognised this by awarding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Fairer Future: Glasgow Labour launches the Living Wage for Glasgow</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:23:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Leader of Glasgow City Council, Councillor Steven Purcell, has announced the launch of the Glasgow Living Wage set at £7 an hour.

^ Hats off to a plan encouraging decent wages across our city
Announcing the move, Glasgow&#8217;s Labour leader, Councillor Steven Purcell, said:
“It is simply unacceptable that almost one in five of Glasgow’s workers are paid [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local MP Ann McKechin on visit to promote strong Scottish links with India</title>
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		<comments>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/local-mp-ann-mckechin-on-visit-to-promote-strong-scottish-links-with-india/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland Office Minister and Glasgow North Labour&#8217;s Ann McKechin MP has joined a team of eight Scottish delegates to promote Indo-Scottish educational ties in East India.
Speaking about how Scotland and India can benefit together through the stong ties built up by the UK and Indian Governments, Ann said:
&#8220;I learnt that the West Bengal government has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pauline McNeill MSP&#8217;s update from the Scottish Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/pauline-mcneill-msps-update-from-the-scottish-parliament/</link>
		<comments>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/pauline-mcneill-msps-update-from-the-scottish-parliament/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Arts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[

This is Pauline&#8217;s regular news update for those who live in Glasgow Kelvin Scottish Parliament Constituency.  This update includes news on the concessions won by Labour for delivering apprenticeships in the Budget Bill, further action from Labour on promoting Gaelic, and the campaign for central funding of the public arts collections owned by the people of Glasgow.

Pauline writes:

Events in Parliament over [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Further action on the January employment figures and Real Help for the Unemployed</title>
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		<comments>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/further-action-on-the-january-employment-figures-and-real-help-for-the-unemployed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:54:05 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As unemployment rises we are increasing the help we give people losing their jobs.   Labour believes that the unemployed are people, not statistics and that every time a worker loses their job it is a personal tragedy.  Unlike in past recessions with the Tories at the helm, this Government does not believe that unemployment is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Q&amp;A on Labour&#8217;s package to help people into employment</title>
		<link>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/qa-on-labours-package-to-help-people-into-employment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.glasgownorthlabour.net/news/qa-on-labours-package-to-help-people-into-employment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[economy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who will benefit from the new jobs package and when?
We expect the whole package to be rolled out by April. Intensified support for everybody at 6 months. The extra options will be flexible, personally tailored to each individual who takes it up and accessible to job seekers who are six months out of work. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Labour doing to tackle unemployment?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Jan 2009 10:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before redundancies happen:

We give help to people at risk of redundancy to find a new job, even before they become unemployed through our Rapid Response Service (RRS).
We have doubled the funding for RRS, and will double it again.

From Day One of Unemployment:

We announced in the Pre Budget Report that we are investing an extra £1.3bn. [...]]]></description>
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