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Mar 08, 2007
Charles with Birmingham City FC Chief Executive Karren Brady and David Cameron
David Cameron has been in the West Midlands today meeting business leaders, including Karren Brady, perhaps Britain's most inspiring woman in business. Karren was the youngest director of a major football club at Birmingham City FC, and combines that now with directorships at Mothercare, Channel Four and Next. Karren
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Mar 04, 2007
Charles Barwell, Alan Duncan MP and Kulveer Ranger campaigning in Nuneaton
Voters in Nuneaton will select the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in an open primary this coming Friday, 9th March.
That any registered voters in Nuneaton who want to take part are able to do so shows the confidence of the Conservative Party in both its renewed popular appeal and the quality of all the possible
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Mar 01, 2007
Today has been a day for reflection. My cousin Mary's former husband Robin lost his battle with long standing chronic illness last month. And today was his funeral. The respect with which so many held this most gentle of men was shown clearly by the full church of St Peter's Hale. Whilst we mourn him deeply, Robin's legacy is clear and rather wonderful. His four children, my cousins Georgina,
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Mar 01, 2007
Ed Vaizey MP and Cllr Deirdre Alden with students at the Elmhurst School of Dance
Shadow Culture Minister Ed Vaizey was in the West Midlands on Thursday to see some of the great cultural assets that we have in this region. Following a visit to the Walsall Art Gallery, Ed took part in a ballet class with Edgbaston's Parliamentary candidate Deirdre Alden at the Elmhurst School of Dance in
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Feb 25, 2007
Charles with Birmingham City Council Leader, Cllr Mike Whitby, at the announcement that Birmingham is to host the Conservative Party Conference in 2008 and 2010
Every year the members of the Conservative Party elect five members to represent them on the Board of the Party.
Members of the Party from across the country have encouraged me to stand, and after a lot of thought, today I can announce
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Feb 10, 2007
The hottest property in the world of classical music, Venezuelan Gustavo Dudamel, conducted the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra tonight in a programme that simply wowed the packed audience of more than 2000 concert-goers.
As a Director of the CBSO I'm proud of the players. Their commitment and musical achievement has an international reputation. But sometimes something special happens that
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Feb 06, 2007
David Cameron yesterday became the first serving leader of a British Political Party to visit Birmingham Central Mosque.
All of us who attended the series of meetings yesterday agreed that the content of the discussions would remain under the Chatham House Rule. And rightly so. Knowing that our meetings would not be reported encouraged a sense of trust and enabled a truly free exchange of views.
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Feb 02, 2007
The Daily Express today steps up its long-standing campaign to abolish Inheritance Tax. Political editor Macer Hall has also set up a petition on the Downing Street website calling for abolition of Death Tax in Gordon Brown's final budget next month.
To sign the petition go to: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/ihtcrusade/
Death Tax is a pernicious tax that primarily hits people who have recently
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Feb 02, 2007
Conservative Party Chairman Francis Maude announced on Friday the exciting news that the Conservative Party Conference will be held in Birmingham in 2008 and in 2010.
Many of us who have attended political conferences in Blackpool, Brighton and Bournemouth over recent years have argued the vital political need to hold conferences at the heart of the political battleground and in cities that are
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Feb 01, 2007
West Midlands Conservative MEPs with Conservative Leader David Cameron MP
At the invitation of Phil Bradbourn MEP I spent three days last week at the European parliament seeing how the impact of European legislation effects British life.
As a natural euro-sceptic my view has always been that William Hague's policy on Europe, that we are "in Europe but not run by Europe" is right. But as an
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