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Happy Christmas

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Press Release
20 December 2007

Happy Christmas everyone and thanks for all your help. | more

Spicer: “I could hardly believe my ears” about the new hospital for Malvern

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Press Release
18 December 2007

Sir Michael Spicer comments on news that the new hospital for Malvern is to go ahead. | more

“The best Christmas present Malvern could receive” – Harriett Baldwin

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Press Release
18 December 2007

Harriett Baldwin today congratulated Sir Michael Spicer on the announcement from Minister for Health Services Ben Bradshaw to go ahead with a £19.3 million new hospital in Malvern. | more

Labour giving criminals a break – as they walk free from local jails

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Press Release
16 December 2007

Worrying new figures expose scandal of convicted criminals being let out early | more

Spicer/Baldwin attack region’s housing targets

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Press Release
12 December 2007

Sir Michael Spicer, MP for West Worcestershire and Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Candidate, have issued their response to the housing targets of some 8550 new homes for Malvern Hills District area proposed by the West Midlands Regional Assembly. | more

Harriett Baldwin welcomes decision on Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre

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Press Release
9 December 2007

Harriett Baldwin this week welcomed the decision of Worcestershire County Council to keep the Snowdonia centre open. | more

Worcestershire County Council leader to be shown that Tenbury biomass proposed site is “wrong” - Harriett Baldwin

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Press Release
8 December 2007

Harriett Baldwin Worcestershire this week announced that Cllr George Lord, leader of Worcestershire County Council would visit Tenbury on December 19th to see for himself the site of the proposed biomass plant. | more

Local MEP pledges to seek Flood Relief funds for Worcestershire from the EU

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Press Release
2 December 2007

Philip Bushill-Matthews, Conservative MEP for the West Midlands was in Pershore this weekend telling local people about his fight for Worcestershire to get a fair share of EU flood clean-up money. | more

Harriett Baldwin welcomes an expanding business and Su Pollard to Malvern Town Centre

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Press Release
2 December 2007

Harriett Baldwin was on hand to welcome the opening of a new estate agent and financial services firm, LSA, to the centre of Malvern at 22, Graham Road. | more

Harriett Baldwin congratulates Tenbury Wells on a successful Mistletoe Festival

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Press Release
2 December 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire enjoyed the success of the Mistletoe Festival in Tenbury Wells. | more

Baldwin furious about Bransford EOC decision

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Press Release
28 November 2007

Harriett Baldwin spoke of her anger today about the closure of the Hereford and Worcester ambulance call centre, decided at a meeting today by Sir Graham Meldrum, Chairman of the West Midlands Ambulance Service Board and the other board members. | more

Sir Michael Spicer MP and Harriett Baldwin forward hundreds of individual objection letters to Ambulance Board.

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Press Release
25 November 2007

Sir Michael Spicer, MP and Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire this week forwarded hundreds of individual letters from constituents to Sir Graham Meldrum, Chairman of the West Midlands Ambulance Service Board. | more

Only Health Overview and Scrutiny can call 999 on ambulance control closure

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Press Release
18 November 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire this week received a reply to her letter to Health Minister Ben Bradshaw. | more

Keeping up the pressure to save Bransford Ambulance Call Centre

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Press Release
12 November 2007

Harriett Baldwin is keeping up the pressure on the West Midlands Ambulance Trust to save Bransford Ambulance Call Centre. | more

Dr. Liam Fox MP, Shadow Minister of Defence visits West Worcestershire

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Press Release
9 November 2007

West Worcestershire Conservatives enjoyed a visit from Shadow Defence Minister, Dr. Liam Fox last week. | more

First-time buyers lose out from stamp duty hit – Harriett Baldwin

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Press Release
9 November 2007

New figures have today revealed the punishing effect of stamp duty on first-time buyers. | more

Harriett Baldwin visits Middle East

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Press Release
5 November 2007

Harriett Baldwin last week visited the Middle East with a delegation of Parliamentary Candidates from the UK. | more

Harriett Baldwin protests to Minister about Ambulance Trust consultation

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Press Release
22 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin has this week written to Health Minister Ben Bradshaw to ask him to intervene in the botched West Midlands Ambulance Trust consultation. | more

Bransford: Harriett Baldwin shocked at "chilling breach of confidence"

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Press Release
17 October 2007

Papers given to members of the public at last week's West Midlands Ambulance Trust Board Meeting show the Estimated Redundancy for each member of staff at Bransford and Shrewsbury, down to the nearest penny. | more

Community Action

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Press Release
16 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin and Serena Croad, Leader of Malvern Hills District Council, have been working with Community Action this week to discuss options for their future premises. | more

Worcestershire County Council urged to bring forward the Tenbury Market Street wall repairs

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Press Release
15 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin this week wrote to Worcestershire County Council urging a speedier timetable for rebuilding the Market Street wall along the Kyre Brook. | more

West Worcestershire asks Gordon Brown for a referendum on EU Treaty

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Press Release
15 October 2007

As Gordon Brown heads for Lisbon this week to negotiate with other EU leaders about the new “Treaty of the Functioning of the EU”, Sir Michael Spicer MP and Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, West Worcestershire sent him a petition fr | more

County Council urged to give Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre more time

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Press Release
10 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin this week reiterated her request that Worcestershire County Council find a way to keep the Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre open after 2008. | more

Elgar Concert at Witley Church to go ahead on October 19th after floods postponed summer performance

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Press Release
9 October 2007

Rising international singing star Alexandra Sherman will visit Worcestershire on Friday 19th October at 7pm to perform a programme of Elgar and other English songs. | more

Harriett Baldwin welcomes Conservative plans to scrap ID cards and stop releasing prisoners early

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Press Release
5 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin Worcestershire this week welcomed plans announced this week by David Davis to scrap the ID cards scheme and use the savings to provide more prison places, enabling the early release scheme to be scrapped. | more

Harriett Baldwin pledges to help first-time buyers and families across West Worcestershire

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Press Release
5 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin welcomed new proposals designed to help families and first-time buyers, unveiled at the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool. | more

99% of West Worcestershire homes could avoid inheritance tax under the new £1m ceiling proposed by Conservatives

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Press Release
4 October 2007

A threshold of £1m for inheritance tax announced this week by the Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne would mean that almost all West Worcestershire homeowners could avoid the dreaded death tax. | more

Harriett Baldwin speaks out for Tenbury Wells at Conservative conference

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Press Release
3 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin spoke out this week at a packed Countryside Alliance meeting in favour of better flood defences for Tenbury Wells. | more

Inheritance tax will be abolished on estates under £1 million under new Conservative proposals

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Press Release
2 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin warmly welcomed new Conservative proposals to abolish inheritance tax for everyone who is not a millionaire. | more

Tax cuts for first time buyers will be welcome in West Worcestershire

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Press Release
2 October 2007

Harriett Baldwin today warmly welcomed new Conservative proposals to exempt first time buyers from stamp duty. | more

Local Candidates and MPs unite to save Bransford

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Press Release
27 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin has joined forces with fellow Conservatives from across the two counties propose an alternative proposal for the reconfiguration of Emergency Operations Centres to improve patient care, resilience and efficiency for the taxpayer. | more

Shadow Minister for Agriculture's visit to Longdon.

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Press Release
26 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin welcomes Jim Paice, MP, Shadow Minister for Agriculture and Rural Affairs to Longdon. | more

Harriett Baldwin to judge “Best-dressed stall” at Charity Fair in Malvern

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Press Release
25 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, West Worcestershire, will judge the “Best-dressed stall” at the Community Action Charity Fair this Saturday at the Forum Theatre. | more

Jim Paice MP, Shadow Minister of Agriculture to visit farmers in Worcestershire

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Press Release
24 September 2007

Jim Paice MP, Shadow Minister for Agriculture is to visit farmers in Worcestershire this Wednesday September 26th 2007. | more

Concern raised over threat of new house price tax on family homes

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Press Release
19 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, West Worcestershire, expressed concern this week at the small print of the Liberal Democrats’ new tax plans, which back a move to European-style house price taxes. | more

West Midlands Ambulance Trust puts equality ahead of local knowledge of Worcestershire

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Press Release
19 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Parliamentary Candidate West Worcestershire, learned today that West Midlands Ambulance Trust is obliged to consider equality issues over local knowledge when hiring ambulance call takers. | more

Harriett Baldwin welcomes “Blueprint for a Green Economy”

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Press Release
17 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin today backed the Conservative's Quality of Life Policy Group report entitled Blueprint for a Green Economy published last Thursday. | more

Kemerton Post office and Stores wins award

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Press Release
15 September 2007

Kemerton Post Office and Stores is a winner in the favourite local shop competition - the results of the “Use them or lose them” campaign in West Worcestershire were announced by Conservative Parliamentary candidate, Harriett Baldwin. | more

Could National Service for the 21st Century help to keep Llanrug open?

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Press Release
8 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate, West Worcestershire today gave her backing to David Cameron’s plans to create a new six-week ‘National Citizen Service’ programme for 16 year-olds across Worcestershire and the country. | more

Plans to relocate Worcestershire ambulance call centre delayed

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Press Release
4 September 2007

Harriett Baldwin welcomes delay to plans to relocate the ambulance call centre from Worcestershire. | more

Pershore Hospital League of Friends gathers to see new sculpture and tour the hospital

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Press Release
31 August 2007

Thursday August 30th saw the unveiling of a new water sculpture in Pershore, next to the new hospital and Wychavon Civic Centre. | more

Spicer/Baldwin press for continued weekly waste collection

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Press Release
21 August 2007

Sir Michael Spicer and Harriett Baldwin issue a joint statement expressing their concern about proposals being discussed by the Wychavon District Council to collect “black bag” general waste on a fortnightly basis. | more

Bransford Call Centre closure “will mean remote rural areas get a worse service” than Birmingham

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Press Release
17 August 2007

Harriett Baldwin learned last night at a public meeting in Hereford that the closure of the Bransford EOC could have a very serious impact on ambulance availability in rural parts of Worcestershire and Herefordshire. | more

Spicer and Baldwin help to win funds to promote Upton festivals

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Press Release
16 August 2007

Sir Michael Spicer MP and Harriett Baldwin both wrote to Advantage West Midlands during the week to request financial support to promote the Upton Water Festival on the 25th - 27th August 2007 and the Feelgood Festival on 22nd and 23rd September. | more

Fire and ambulance service regionalisation will undermine flood & emergency response

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Press Release
11 August 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire warned this week that the Government's plan to regionalise the fire and ambulance services could undermine the effectiveness of the emergency services as a whole. | more

Harriett Baldwin continues to work for a solution to Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre

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Press Release
5 August 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire continues to press Cllr George Lord and Cllr Liz Eyre about finding a solution for the Llanrug Outdoor Education Centre that stops short of closing it. | more

Harriett Baldwin visits Bransford Ambulance Emergency Call Centre during the floods – calls for it to remain in Worcestershire

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Press Release
5 August 2007

Harriett Baldwin visited Bransford Ambulance Emergency Call Centre on Friday July 20th. | more

Lessons must be learnt from the summer of floods - Harriett Baldwin

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Press Release
29 July 2007

Harriett Baldwin, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire said this week that lessons need to be learnt from the summer of floods that has hit Worcestershire and neighbouring counties. | more

David Cameron visits flood hit community

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Press Release
27 July 2007

David Cameron yesterday met residents and businesspeople in Upton-upon-Severn - one of the towns most severely affected by the recent floods. | more

Advice for businesses hit by flooding

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Press Release
27 July 2007

Malvern Hills District Council has issued advice for businesses hit by flooding. Read their latest newsletter here. | more

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