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Shropshire MP defies Cameron over EU vote

David Cameron was today assessing the damage to his premiership after 79 Tory MPs – including Shropshire’s Mark Pritchard – defied him.


Shropshire Conservative MPs give views on Euro vote

Britain’s politicians will today make an historic decision. They’ll rule on whether we, the public, have a right to decide to remain in the EU – or they’ll tell us they’re perfectly capable of making that decision themselves.


Three Shropshire constituencies to change under boundary review

Three of Shropshire’s five parliamentary constituencies will change under new plans which have been drawn up by the Boundary Commission for England, it was revealed today.


How boundary changes will affect Shropshire electoral constituencies

Shropshire’s five MPs today gave a lukewarm response to plans to change Parliamentary constituencies.


Shropshire MPs submit lowest ever expenses claims

MPs across Shropshire submitted their lowest ever claims for expenses in April and May this year, according to figures released today. The six regional MPs claimed £2,060.95 – or £33.79 per day.


Shropshire MPs could face revised constituencies at next election

Almost all Shropshire MPs could find themselves fighting radically revised constituencies during the next general election, it has been claimed.


Bridgnorth campaigners meet MP Philip Dunne in windfarms fight

Campaigners have met a county MP as part of their fight to stop plans for wind turbines, which they claim will blight an “unspoilt area of Shropshire”.


Anti-windfarm campaigners to meet MP Philip Dunne

Campaigners are to meet with a county MP as part of the fight to stop plans for wind turbines which they claim will blight an ‘unspoilt area of Shropshire landscape’.


Shropshire MPs’ expenses revealed

MPs across Shropshire cost the taxpayer £533,205 in the last year.


Pylons planning decision unlikely before 2015, says MP Philip Dunne

A decision on plans which could see hundreds of pylons being built across Shropshire and Mid Wales will not be made until at least 2015, it has been claimed.


Shropshire MPs meeting National Grid over pylon plans

A delegation from Shropshire was today meeting National Grid bosses over plans which could see pylons built across parts of the county and Mid Wales.


MPs in showdown meeting with National Grid over pylons

MPs in Shropshire and Mid Wales are to have a showdown meeting to grill National Grid chiefs over controversial plans which could see huge pylons built near rural villages.


Shropshire MPs on opposing sides in circus animals debate

The Government was today due to be confronted with a cross-party alliance calling for a ban on the use of wild animals in circuses, as a group of celebrities penned an open letter to the Prime Minister over the issue.


Shropshire MPs plan meeting over National Grid pylon plans

Shropshire’s MPs are to hold top level talks in Westminster over controversial plans which could see huge electricity pylons built in the county.


Boundary changes don’t affect Shropshire MPs

Shropshire could retain all five of its MPs in the biggest review of constituency boundaries in electoral history, it has been suggested.


MPs’ expenses laid bare

MPs’ expenses for the first two months of this year, including the amount they racked up on their taxpayer-funded credit cards, were being laid bare for the first time today.


Shropshire Conservative MPs say the coalition will last

The Conservative-Liberal Democrat Coalition Government is working, will last and survive its full five-year lifetime, Shropshire’s Tory MPs declared today on its one-year anniversary.


Shropshire MPs united against Alternative Vote

Tory Philip Dunne and Labour’s David Wright were today putting their political differences behind them to warn voters in Shropshire against changing Britain’s electoral system.


Latest Shropshire MPs’ expenses revealed

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £18,554.29 in expenses during November and December 2010, while more than £3 million was paid out nationally figures revealed today.


Letter: UK Democracy appears to mean unelected EU judges

Letter: The European Court of Justice has just decreed that insurance companies must no longer discriminate between men and women when selling annuities and motor insurance.


Letter: Putting MP straight on Shropshire school closures

Letter: Our MP, Philip Dunne, has spent a lot of time on local media backing up Shropshire Council line on falling school rolls and the fact that some small schools may have to close because of surplus places.


MP Philip Dunne’s rallying call over school closures

A Shropshire MP has issued a rallying call to rural communities to get behind campaigns to save their under-threat primary schools from closure.


Shropshire region’s MP’s expenses revealed

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £23,343 in expenses during September and October 2010, figures revealed today.


Shropshire and Montgomeryshire MPs in £23,000 expenses

Shropshire and Mid Wales MPs claimed a total of £23,343 in expenses during September and October 2010, new figures revealed today.


Telford MP’s call to protect front-line policing

A Shropshire MP today said it was “crucial” front-line police officers were protected as new figures showed there are nearly 150 fewer officers in the West Mercia area than a year ago.


John Hipwood’s Westminster week

Daniel Kawczynski and Tom Taylor, who worked closely together when the latter was chief executive of the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital, have teamed up again to fly the flag for British farm produce.


Care home staff blame red tape for empty beds

Staff at a Shropshire care home have claimed beds available for the elderly are not being filled due to problems with red tape.


Young Shropshire carers in visit to Parliament

Young carers from Shropshire, who selflessly devote time to help sick loved ones, will be welcomed into Parliament today to discuss issues affecting their lives.


Philip Dunne MP backs Church Stretton citizen patrols

Plans for Police Academy-style citizen street patrols to combat anti-social behaviour in Church Stretton  have won the backing of county MP Philip Dunne.


MP Dunne wants Government to review Bucknell WI volunteers’ case

South Shropshire WI volunteers who have been stopped from tending to a garden for health and safety reasons could find their case referred to the government.

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