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30 Most Recent News Stories
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Thu 8th May 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech and local Lib Dem Councillor David Sandiford successfully urged Manchester Town Hall to spend money for additional drainage when heavy rains in January flooded local parks, some garages, and threatened to flood some houses in Didsbury.
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Wed 7th May 2008
Manchester Withington Liberal Democrats are celebrating the results from last week's local elections where the Lib Dems received nearly 50% of the vote in Withington constituency.
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Fri 25th Apr 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, is working with local councillors to help to reinstate day and week tickets on the 85/86 bus route between Chorlton and Manchester city centre.
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Mon 14th Apr 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Withington, John Leech, has condemned Labour tax changes which will leave thousands of Withington's poorer residents significantly worse off.
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Sat 12th Apr 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Withington, John Leech, has called for more action on providing sustainable sources of energy on a local level.
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Thu 10th Apr 2008
John Leech, Liberal Democrat MP for Withington, has congratulated the British team on its success at the World Indoor Cycling Championships in Manchester.
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Wed 9th Apr 2008
John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington, has been overwhelmed by the response to the dental survey he sent out to households across South Manchester.
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Thu 27th Mar 2008
John Leech, the Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, and Liberal Democrat Councillor for Burnage, John Cameron, are calling for 20mph zones to be extended to all residential streets that are not main roads, as new evidence shows that 20mph zones save lives.
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Fri 21st Mar 2008
John Leech, Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, has hit out at Government plans to close a further 2,500 Post Offices by the end of the year.
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Fri 21st Mar 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, took advantage of this week's Prime Minister's Questions to ask Gordon Brown to intervene in a constituent's case in south Manchester.
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Sat 15th Mar 2008
John Leech, Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, has written to South Manchester's hospital chiefs to call for cloth nappies to be available for new parents.
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Thu 13th Mar 2008
The environmentally aware MP, John Leech has pledged to follow the example set by chocolate manufacturers, Cadbury to take action on climate change through his work and daily activities.
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Wed 12th Mar 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, has called for local people to become more involved in decision making and have more of a say in how they are governed.
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Wed 12th Mar 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, has hit out at reports that the Science and Technology Funding Council (STFC) will cut its annual £2.5 million funding for Jodrell Bank's leading participation in the eMerlin project.
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Tue 11th Mar 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, has been named 'Parliamentary Champion' by Cancer Research UK in their latest campaign, Screening Matters, which endeavours to actively promote the issue of cancer screening and cancer care.
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Tue 12th Feb 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, is appalled at the recent findings by the Fire Brigades Union, stating that the number of attacks on fire crews in Greater Manchester has increased dramatically.
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Fri 8th Feb 2008
John Leech MP has backed a Parliamentary Motion to recognise the importance of the 150th anniversary of Manchester's Hallé Orchestra.
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Thu 7th Feb 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, is joining with football fans across the city and beyond in remembering the Munich disaster in which eight Manchester United players were killed, alongside eight newspaper journalists and seven staff and crew.
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Mon 4th Feb 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, is encouraging women who served in the Women's Land Army or Women's Timber Corps during World War I and II to apply for a new badge of honour.
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Fri 1st Feb 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, is today celebrating after being named Parliamentarian of the Year by road safety charity, Brake.
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Thu 31st Jan 2008
John Leech MP has slammed the decision to reduce the working hours of a prolific sorting office in south Manchester without a public consultation.
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Thu 31st Jan 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, has congratulated the 25,000 police officers who travelled to Parliament on 23rd January to join in a protest over pay.
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Fri 18th Jan 2008
John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington and Liberal Democrat parliamentary transport spokesperson, has warned that the Government's proposed spending on Britain's rail network is far below what is needed to bring rail services up to scratch.
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Wed 16th Jan 2008
Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, has attacked Arts Council plans to cut funding to crucial local arts companies, institutions and events.
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Wed 16th Jan 2008
John Leech, MP for Manchester Withington, has visited a research project on site at the Christie Hospital - funded by Breast Cancer Campaign, a charity John has been actively supporting both in the community and in Parliament.
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Mon 14th Jan 2008
The government must give the police a fair pay rise says Liberal Democrat MP, John Leech, who represents Manchester Withington.
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Wed 9th Jan 2008
John Leech, Liberal Democrat MP for Manchester Withington, has expressed his concern at the number of children admitted to A & E departments in Greater Manchester hospitals suffering from alcohol related problems.
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Wed 9th Jan 2008
Liberal Democrat Councillor for Chorlton Park, Norman Lewis, has secured a commitment from Manchester City Council to take measures to stop the menace of cars speeding through Southern Cemetery.
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Wed 9th Jan 2008
MP for Manchester Withington, John Leech, today slammed the announcement that Gordon Brown's Cabinet has unanimously given the go ahead to the development of a new generation of nuclear power stations.
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Wed 2nd Jan 2008
John Leech, Lib Dem MP for Manchester Withington, has secured a commitment from the Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, that he will look into shocking new statistics which show that Deaths from cancer are significantly higher in the North West of England than in the rest of the country.
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