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PAT AT THE VAISAKHI CELEBRATIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS

Pat with legendary Sikh marathon runner Fauja Singh, aged 101, at the Vaisakhi celebrations in the House of Commons, 24 April 201Vaisakhi Event - House of Commons 2.

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QUIZZING THE CHANCELLOR ON CHANGES TO TAX CREDITS AND CHILD BENEFIT
Below is an extract of the Chancellor's evidence to this week's Treasury Select Committee. I questioned George Osborne on changes to tax credits and child benefits that will hurt hard working families: Q330 Mr McFadden: I want to ask you about the child benefit changes, Chancellor. You introduced this sliding scale between about £43,000 and £60,000...

CASH GRANT CHANCE FOR GROUPS IN ETTINGSHALL AND EAST PARK
Non-profit voluntary and community groups in the East Park and Ettingshall areas of Wolverhampton (comprising Parkfields, All Saints, Millfields, Sedgemoor Park, Horseley Fields, Rough Hills, Eastfield, Stow Lawn, part of Portobello and East Park), will have the opportunity to bid for cash from a special community fund. The Community First grant scheme was set up last year to help the...

SPEECH ON BUDGET RESOLUTIONS AND ECONOMIC SITUATION
Mr Pat McFadden (Wolverhampton South East) (Lab): The most significant thing about last week’s Budget is that it did not move the dial on economic growth. The Office for Budgetary Responsibility has confirmed that and said that it has not revised its expectations for growth or employment. On the basic problem facing the country—the need for jobs and growth—the Budget...

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PAT'S BLOG

  • Game Change (The Sarah Palin Movie)
    There’s a big difference between American and British political drama. In American political drama, for all that venality and wrongdoing may be part of the story, there is a notion...
  • More than anything else, this government lacks purpose
    Last week I wrote that competence or the lack of it had become a key problem for the government. A number of issues were responsible, beginning with the unnecessary government...
  • The Competence Question
    For most of the period since the election, the Government has been pretty successful at setting the agenda, particularly around the central question of tax and spend. The spending cuts...
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