Red Cross Awards12 Jun 2013Dave is asking for young local heroes to be nominated for a Red Cross Award. The scheme is open to under 25s in four categories; first aid, volunteering, community action and fund-raising. |
Stop plans to charge for going to the doctor28 May 2013Dave is urging people to protest to halt plans for charging to visit your doctor. 
A new plan being floated by the Conservatives to cap visits to Doctors before charging for them should be shot down urgently, he says, and this would severely disadvantage people who have a sickly child or long-term health condition, which could be any of us.
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MP hails opportunities for free skills training16 May 2013Local food and grocery businesses are being encouraged to back a new industry campaign to support young unemployed people. Dave, who supports the Feeding Britain's Future initiative, said it will allow thousands of unemployed young people from across the country to go into farms, factories and stores for free skills training and urges local businesses to sign up so that hundreds of youngsters can reap the benefits. |
Government fixated on EU, not Britain15 May 2013Dave writes that the government's internal divisions and their fixation with Europe are preventing it from tackling the country's problems. In his article in The Journal, he itemises a number of strategies the government could use to revitalise the economy but says what the country really needs more than a referendum is a general election. |
Public service pensions22 Apr 2013Dave has argued in a Commons speech that a 'one size fits all' approach to pensions is mistaken. The Lords have amended the government's bill but in the Commons, the government is seeking to reject the amendment, which Dave feels is the wrong policy for police and fire fighters affected. |
Back American workers17 Apr 2013Dave is urging support for port workers in Washington State, USA, who have been locked out by their employer. Workers at the Port of Vancouver, Washington, USA have been locked out by their employer, Japanese conglomerate Mitsui-United Grain, since February 27, 2013. |
Plea to protect rural workers12 Apr 2013Dave is urging people to defend the body that sets minimum pay and conditions for farm workers ahead of a crucial vote in the Commons on Tuesday He is asking people to sign an on-line protest against the abolition of the Agricultural Wages Board. |
Failing policy cuts no ice in real world27 Mar 2013Dave writes that George Osborne's budget failed to acknowledge that his policies are not working. They are borrowing more yet capital investment in our infrastructure is drying up because the money is going straight into the banks. |
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