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23rd February 2010

Conservatives announce plans to create new homes and jobs through ‘Open Source’ planning

Conservatives yesterday unveiled a major new policy paper to reform England's 'broken' planning system. It outlines proposals to use 'open source' democracy and neighbourhood involvement to encourage sustainable development.

17th February 2010

Unemployment Figures Hopeful, but Wyre Forest Still Suffering Badly

Today's newly released unemployment data shows a small reduction of just 3,000 fewer unemployed to 2.46 million, and the regional figures for the West Midlands show a reduction of 16,000 to 252,000 for the three months to December 2009. But beneath these figures lie some alarming trends.

17th February 2010

Stourport Postal Delivery Office Campaign Update

The campaign to save Stourport's postal delivery office continues from strength to strength, with many local residents signing petitions. Local Conservatives have been delivering thousands of reply cards to all houses in Stourport, giving local residents the opportunity to sign and return, showing their support for this important local resource. This is in addition to the petitions in local shops, the facebook group and the petition on the Ten Downing Street website.

7th February 2010

Mark Garnier welcomes Conservative Superfast Broadband Plans

Mark Garnier, Wyre Forest’s Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, today welcomed new Conservative plans to deliver the roll out of superfast broadband at speeds of up to 100 Mbps across the West Midlands by 2017.

3rd February 2010

Stourport Post Delivery Office Campaign - update

The ongoing campaign to save Stourport's Royal Mail delivery office took a new turn today. Sue Bennett, Practice Manager at the York House Medical Centre in Stourport, added her name to the local businesses and services campaigning with representatives of the Communication Workers Union to save this important resource.

28th January 2010

Minor Injuries Unit Loses its Two Doctors

The minor injuries unit at Kidderminster hospital has lost, on a "temporary basis", its two doctors. The doctors were brought in to enhance the service provided by the MIU, and in a small away sought to redress the losses of full A+E services a decade ago.

24th January 2010

Put the law back on the side of local people across Wyre Forest – Mark Garnier

Mark Garnier, Wyre Forest's Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, this week strongly endorsed radical and bold new plans - set out in the Conservatives' draft election manifesto - to tackle crime and to restore confidence in Britain's 'broken' criminal justice system.

5th January 2010

NHS Worcestershire to unveil new draft Cancer Strategy

Paul Bates, Chief Executive of NHS Worcestershire, yesterday announced plans for a new Cancer Strategy. In a document that will be considered by the NHS Worcestershire Board this month, before going to a year long public consultation, proposals will be put forward to develop an extended cancer care unit in Worcestershire.

4th January 2010

Wyre Forest Conservatives Start 2010 with Action

As Wyre Forest goes back to work on the first working day of the new decade, local Conservatives get into action for the general election.

11th December 2009

Hereford and Worcester Chamber of Commerce grills Tory hopefuls

The Malvern Hills Science Park in Great Malvern was the venue for a meeting last week where local businesses from across the two counties could meet prospective Conservative MPs for four constituencies.

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