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<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Jordan Newell is Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Colchester. </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><em><strong>Keep up to date with what Jordan's doing via this blog at </strong></em><a onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "07b6caaf85d71bb5e3d469fe33092e7a", event) });" rel="nofollow" href="http://blogs.labour.org.uk/jordannewell" target="_blank"><em><strong><span style="color: #3b5998;"><span>http://blogs.labour.org.uk</span></span>/jordannewell</strong></em></a><em><strong> or at </strong></em><a onmousedown="return wait_for_load(this, event, function() { UntrustedLink.bootstrap($(this), "07b6caaf85d71bb5e3d469fe33092e7a", event) });" rel="nofollow" href="http://twitter.com/jordannewell" target="_blank"><em><strong><span>http://twitter.com/jordann</span>ewell</strong></em></a><em><strong> and on FaceBook at </strong></em><a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11475240641&ref=ts"><em><strong>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=11475240641&ref=ts</strong></em></a></p>
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                           <title><![CDATA[Don't be fooled by the 'Green' Tories]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[No one will forget the image, back in 2006, of David Cameron projecting his green credentials by cycling to work - only to be followed by his chauffeur driven car carrying his briefcase and shoes. I was reminded of this incident when I read the latest leaflet from Will Quince, the Conservative candidate in Colchester. In 2007, Hertfordshire Councillor Mr Quince sat proudly with his Blue MG Midget car on his drive extolling how much money the car cost him to run. Yet in 2010, we see Mr Quince championing his own green credentials in a his-vis jacket cycling to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 14:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[It's time to Back to Ban....]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[To mark the fifth anniversary of the fox hunting ban coming into effect, I'm encouraging people to go online to sign a petition backing the hunting ban. In 2001, Labour went into the General Election with a manifesto pledge to ban fox hunting and in 2004, we delivered on that pledge.  I am now urging people to sign up and join other parliamentary candidates, councillors and MPs to ensure that the ban on hunting with dogs that came into force in February 2005 remains in force. Whilst the barbaric practice of allowing people to set hounds on foxes to...]]></description>
                           <link><![CDATA[http://www.labourblogs.com/public-blog/jordannewell/27034/]]></link>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:15:17 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[The cost of Higher Education]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Today's announcement that England's universities will face budget cuts in the next academic year has worried many in the sector. However, the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFEC) to reduce funding by 1.6% must not draw away from the wider picture of higher education. There has been substantial growth in higher education over the past decade. Investment in the sector has increased by 25% in real terms, while the Research Base has more than doubled. Participation is up by 21%, with 339,000 students now undertaking higher education courses.  The number of university places may fall,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 18:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Commuters on track for better rail services]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[News that commuters will see direct benefits of East Anglia's new rail franchise will be welcomed by many people who use our rail network every day, for business and pleasure.  Under a new rail franchise, passengers can hope to see quicker journey times, better stations and longer trains. This is largely due to the strict guidence placed on franchise bidders by the Department of Transport. National Express - the current franchise holder - currently pays the Government around &pound;50 million a year to run services through Colchester, and I share the view of many travellers that do not feel...]]></description>
                           <link><![CDATA[http://www.labourblogs.com/public-blog/jordannewell/26930/]]></link>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[From recession to recovery]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Colchester, like so many towns around Britain, has suffered the affects of the global financial crisis. Unlike previous governments in previous recessions, Labour has taken action in the recession and is planning for the recovery. Our actions ensure real help now by supporting families and investing in jobs, public services and in key sectors of the economy. Many of us see the recession through the prism of our families. That's why I am proud of a Labour Government who has supported families during the recession with extra mortgage protection, a tax cut for &pound;22 million basic rate taxpayers, guaranteed work...]]></description>
                           <link><![CDATA[http://www.labourblogs.com/public-blog/jordannewell/26900/]]></link>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 10:44:09 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Choices and Challenges for Colchester, Britain and the World]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last year, in my December blog, I wrote about the violence that we had seen in the Middle East. For me, the upsurge in violence last December reflected the frustration and weakness in the ongoing search for the two-state solution. I understood then, as I do now, the reasons behind Israel's actions, yet it is clear that the interests of all sides will only be served through the creation of a viable Palestinian state existing alongside a safe and secure Israel.  My recent visit to the Middle East reinforced that view. At a Palestinian refugee camp outside Amman, it...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 4 Jan 2010 16:37:39 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Helping Colchester's building industry]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[On Wednesday, the Government announced the new sites are likely to receive government funding in the second round of the "Kickstart" Programme. The Kickstart Housing Delivery programme was announced in June to help restart stalled house building developments stalled during the recession. The programme is to support the construction industry and is part of the "real help now" that the Government has put in place at this time of economic uncertainty. A total of &pound;550 million of new funding is set to go towards around 265 projects across the country, four of which are in Colchester and bringing nearly &pound;10...]]></description>
                           <link><![CDATA[http://www.labourblogs.com/public-blog/jordannewell/26737/]]></link>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:53:33 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Lib Dem Leader's incompetence risks schools future]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Last night, Colchester Borough Council's scrutiny panel reviewed the Cabinet's decision not to release the land for a much needed access road at Philip Morant School. The review followed last Wednesday's Cabinet Meeting, at which Colchester's Lib Dem Councillors voted down plans to allow an access road and thus put at risk the &pound;130 million of Government investment into Colchester's secondary schools. I joined around 25 other observers at last night's Town Hall meeting, at which the Lib Dem Leader of the Council - Anne Turrell - attempted to justify her party's position to other councillors. Amongst the astonishing comments...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Why the next election is no done deal]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[According to the latest ComRes poll for the Independent, there is growing evidence to suggest that Britain could be heading for a hung parliament. While the Conservatives retain a ten point advantage over Labourthere has been a fall of 3% for the Tories on last month&rsquo;s poll.  The Independent reports that such figures would leave the Conservatives six seats short of an overall majority. The impression of David Cameron as PM is no done deal, with many political pundit pointing to a repeat in election history more akin to 1970 or 1974 than 1997. The most recent hung Parliament...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 1 Dec 2009 15:44:54 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Colchester Lib Dems short term memory loss...]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[So my local Liberal Democrat Councillor, Martin Goss, thinks I am a "non-local candidate" with "little life experience". What a short memory Cllr Goss has - only last week he introduced himself to me as my local councillor. Is Cllr Goss suffering from Lib Dem short term memory loss? Martin, how can you be my local councillor if I'm not local? In his letter in the Gazette today - factual and spelling inaccuracies aside - Cllr Goss suggests that I am too young to know what I am talking about at the age of 26, and this offers a very...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
                           
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