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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin takes fights for magistrates courts to government ministers]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP outraged as coalition admit we have not thought about effects closures   Dudley North MP Ian Austin has continued his fight to save local magistrates courts by heaping pressure on the Government ministers responsible for the cuts.   Austin grilled Justice ministers on their plans to close local magistrates courts demanding they make clear what effect the cuts will have on the time it takes local criminals to be brought to justice and how many of the current staff at magistrates courts will lose their jobs.   In response to Austin&rsquo;s questions the coalition Government...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:52:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin launches new parking campaign]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dudley North MP Ian Austin has today launched his campaign for better parking for local residents in Sedgley.   Austin launched his campaign as a result of a meeting with local resident in which they spoke of the need for greater parking in their road to make their life&rsquo;s easier and their road safer.  Austin has written to the council asking them to seriously investigate the improvement of parking in Townsend Avenue.  The problem residents and there families are facing is a lack of parking causing more people to resort to parking on double yellow lines...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 09:43:26</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin writes for Dudley Chronicle - 'Let’s make education and skills Dudley’s number one priority']]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Let&rsquo;s make education and skills Dudley&rsquo;s number one priority   I promised at the election to do all I could to make education and training Dudley&rsquo;s number one priority. It&rsquo;s the only way we&rsquo;ll attract new industries and new jobs.   There&rsquo;s going to be huge growth in low carbon industries, hi-tech manufacturing, healthcare technologies and digital media with well-paid green or hi-tech jobs &ndash; but the areas that benefit will be those that invest in education and skills now.   Look what happened with the computer and pharmaceutical industries. Britain led the world but most of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2010 04:08:02</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin writes for Labour Uncut]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Ian Austin on the innovative leadership primary he&rsquo;s running in Dudley Voters in Dudley North are going back to the polls this week. Labour party volunteers are out delivering letters to residents. Supporters of different candidates are busy hitting the phones and knocking doors canvassing for votes. It&rsquo;s not a by-election. It&rsquo;s a ground-breaking American-style primary to give Labour supporters in Dudley North their say in the Labour leadership election. I&rsquo;ve promised to cast the vote I&rsquo;m given as a Labour MP for the candidate local people choose. It&rsquo;s all part of our attempt to open up politics and maintain...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:37:29</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin launches ground breaking US-style primary]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP invites residents to have say on next Labour leader   Dudley North MP Ian Austin has today launched a ground-breaking American-style primary election so that people in Dudley can have their say on the future leader of the Labour Party.   For the first time ever this is being opened out to anyone who supports Labour or who has voted for Austin or other Labour candidates in the past.   Austin 's team will deliver ballot papers and statements from the candidates to 30,000 homes in his Dudley North constituency. He will also enclose a...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:51:39</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin slams funding cuts to schools in Dudley]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Conservative incompetence locally and savage cuts nationally mean schools in Dudley miss out.   Dudley North MP Ian Austin has blasted the new government and Dudley Council for the failure to secure funding to rebuild the Borough&rsquo;s secondary schools.   Austin spoke out after schools in Dudley were told that there will be no chance for them to get funding through the programme as it is to be scrapped by the Coalition government.   Austin recently asked the Schools Secretary Michael Gove a series of questions on the future of education in Dudley including what plans he...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:49:09</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin writes for Dudley Chronicle - what government cuts will mean for our town]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dudley North MP Ian Austin writes his first fortnightly column for local paper the Dudley Chronicle:   I'll admit it: we got it wrong when we warned people what a Conservative government would mean.   It's turned out that the decisions the right wing Conservative-Liberal coalition have made are far worse than even we predicted.   There's no doubt the deficit needs to be tackled after we borrowed money to get people into employment, keep workers in jobs and keep the economy moving during the most severe worldwide recession of modern times.   That's why we...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:45:07</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Success for Austin's campaign to save £5.6m Priory regeneration]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dudley North MP Ian Austin has today spoken of his delight that his campaign to save the &pound;5.6million regeneration of Priory North has been successful.     Austin lead the campaign to get the funding for Priory North and has since fought to make sure that the project was not effected by the wave of cuts following the Governments recent budget.     Funds have been made available for the first stage of the project to get underway this year with over a 100 new homes being built. Austin will continue to monitor the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:39:35</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin calls for campaign to bring University Campus to Dudley]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP speaks out as report shows Dudley has 8% less University graduates  Ian Austin, MP for Dudley North has called on Dudley Council to back his campaign to boost education, skills and training in Dudley by developing a university campus in the town.   Austin spoke out after a council report showed that a lack of skills in the town was stopping the local economy from recovering at the rate of the national average. The report also shows that less than 23% of people in Dudley are educated to degree level or equivalent compared with the national...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:35:39</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin talks to local school pupils about citizenship and politics]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dudley North MP Ian Austin will visit Dormston School in Dudley to talk to speak to enthusiastic youngster about his role as their MP and answer their questions on politics in general.     Austin will be at Dormston school Friday 2 July at 2pm.     Mr Austin who has always been very active in hearing the views of young people in Dudley North is looking forward to listening to what the school pupils have to say. Mr Austin will talk to year 10 pupils who are studying citizenship.     Ian Austin...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:24:20</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Balls joins Austin to open Community Games]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour leadership contender officially launches St Thomas&rsquo;s games   Labour leadership contender ED BALLS will join Dudley North MP IAN AUSTIN at the opening ceremony of the St Thomas games at 11am Friday 25 June 2010 at Dudley Castle.   This year&rsquo;s opening ceremony will also be attended by local Councillor and event organiser Shaukat Ali, as well as young sporting stars from Dudley hoping to make the 2012 Olympics including Ann Ika Oqua.   The events have previously been attended by local sporting heroes such as Ryan Bradley who represented Britain and won a medal at...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 07:16:59</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Back the pub campaign thanks Austin]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Dudley North MP Ian Austin has been thanked by the British Beer Pub Association for his hard work on behalf of the Great British pub.    The British Beer and Pub Association campaigns on behalf of our millions of landlords, their staff and their customers.    Austin campaigned for a reduction in taxes and duties on beer sold in pubs and backed a recent CAMRA campaign aimed at boosting local community pubs.    As a result of this hard work the British Beer Pub Association have sent Austin a letter of thanks...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:54:09</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin grills Gove over Government plans for Education in Dudley]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP promises to make school improvements number one priority   Dudley North MP Ian Austin heaped pressure on Education Secretary Michael Gove yesterday to clarify the Governments plans for education in Dudley.   Austin asked the Secretary of State many questions on the future of education in Dudley including what plans he has for schools in Dudley to be included in the Building Schools for the Future Programme, how many schools in Dudley have applied for academy status and what the Government ' s plans are to increase the number of 16 and 17 year olds starting...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jun 2010 11:52:27</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin challenges Osborne over Priory North funding cut]]></title>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 12:24:13</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Dudley Housing projects scrapped by Government]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[IAN AUSTIN has warned that the government&rsquo;s decision to scrap two crucial housing projects in his Dudley North constituency will deny local families the homes they need and put jobs in the building trade at risk.   And he warned that further funds for new council house building projects in Dudley is at risk as well. Hundreds of homes due to be built at Priory North (Bromford Carinthia Housing Association) and on the site of the Guest Hospital (Lovell Homes&rsquo; Priory Park development) were du to be built on the two sites which are amongst 11 schemes being cancelled...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 11:53:59</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Education and Skills - Austin's number one priority]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State for Education, Ed Balls, visited Dudley today to support Ian Austin&rsquo;s campaign to make education and skills the area&rsquo;s number one priority.   He joined Austin on a visit to the brand new &pound;6.5 million government-funded Wrens Nest Primary School and then toured the St Thomas&rsquo;s Network.   Austin recently secured a &pound;111,000 grant from the Third Sector Hardship fund for the Kates Hill education and training project, but its future is now at risk as a result of cuts planned by Conservative-controlled council.   Ed Balls said:   &ldquo;Ian&rsquo;s...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 05:22:58</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Business secretary praises Dudley manufacturing firm]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Investment and jobs would be hit by Conservative plans, warns Austin   Business Secretary LORD MANDELSON congratulated Dudley bearing manufacturers Revolvo on winning a &pound;1 million contract from India when he dropped in on the Yorks Park company today.   But he warned that investment to help manufacturing companies and boost the area&rsquo;s economy would be brought to a halt if the Conservatives won the election.   Lord Mandelson joined local MP Ian Austin on a visit to Dudley bearing manufacturers Revolvo who recently secured a &pound;240,000 grant to fund new specialist machinery and move to larger...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 19 Apr 2010 01:47:25</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin writes for The Observer]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Trust the decency of the British people to reject the racists   For decades, I&rsquo;ve marched and demonstrated against the far right.   We were right to mount those campaigns, but almost a million votes for the BNP last year, councillors across the country and the shameful election of Nick Griffin and Andrew Brons show we need to change our approach.   The old tactics of bans, pickets and protests no longer work. Legal action over membership rules is counterproductive too.   In the coming election, candidates from mainstream parties will have to take the BNP...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:50:20</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin breaks ground at £1.5million local housing development]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP to start work at site of 30 new homes   Dudley North MP Ian Austin has broken the ground at the former site of the Washington Arms pub which will soon be 30 new homes for local families.    Austin recently announced the &pound;1.5million investment to turn the derelict site into homes with Housing Minister John Healey.   The &pound;1.5 million cash injection will see 30 new much needed mix tenure homes built on the site. The properties will include a mix of 1 and 2 bedroom apartments and 3 bedroom houses....]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:33:57</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Austin welcomes extra £200,000 Government funding to boost Dudley's economy]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Local MP urges council to make most of extra cash    Dudley North MP Ian Austin has today welcomed the announcement of over &pound;200,000 extra government investment to help support small businesses in Dudley and bring new jobs to the area.   The funds are part of an extra &pound;50 million being given to councils across the country to help them strengthen the recovery in their area. The government wants local councils to use this funding to help small businesses in hard hit areas who need extra support to get through tougher times so they can hit...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:26:46</pubDate>
                           
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