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Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes

Every week, Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore MP, writes a column for newspapers in his Borders Constituency. Here is the latest edition. 

Green Deal

Despite the fact that we are now well into March, it seems that there is no let up in the cold snowy weather and I know that at this time energy bills remain a major concern to my constituents. To help people reduce these bills and cut down their energy use, the Government has taken action and introduced a scheme called the Green Deal. This enables people to improve the energy efficiency of their …

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Nick Clegg: “Turkish entry into the EU is a strategic necessity”

Nick Clegg is on a trade mission to Turkey today, and has announced £500m of business deals and £1m of funding for the Turkish Red Crescent in Syria.

He wrote this morning in Turkey’s Sabah newspaper, on the Turkish economy, trade between Turkey and the UK, visas for Turkish travellers, and the the response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. You can read the article in Turkish over at Sabah; the English translation is below:

This summer for a few, glorious weeks the United Kingdom became the centre of the world as we hosted the London Olympic and Paralympic

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Recent Comments

  • Peter Chambers
    > several people having been offered full time jobs that paid more than minimum wage but then refusing the position on the basis they believed they would be ...
  • Nick Baird
    The quoted comparison between welfare income vs work is deceptive, because it assumes that anyone taking a job loses access to *ALL* welfare payments, which oft...
  • Tim Leunig
    Looking forward to seeing lots of you there!...
  • Tim Leunig
    Well said Chloe. If we want more people to do public sector job X, pay people doing that job more. All the evidence is that people look at headline wages, and h...
  • Jason Connor
    To add to Chloe's list hospital porters, phlebotomists, litter pickers and security guards. I am sure there are many others but some occupations have less trade...