Jarvis Responds to 200% Increase in youth Unemployment
“Over the past year, I have spoken to many unemployed young people from across the town, who are desperate to get into work, but have had the door slammed shut in their faces.
April 18, 2012
The Caravan Club Speech
On Monday, Dan gave a speech to The Caravan Club where he praised them for "cementing their place in the British way of life."
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April 18, 2012
Jarvis Reacts to Surrey's Library Ruling
Shadow Libraries Minister, Dan Jarvis MP, has responded to the news that Surrey residents have won their High Court judicial review against council plans to remove paid staff from 10 of the county's libraries.
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April 03, 2012
Jarvis asks Vaizey
Shadow Culture Minister, Dan Jarvis today questioned Ed Vaizey at the dispatch box. Jarvis challenged his counterpart on the issue of libraries by asking the Minister, “With no Vision, no strategy, no urgency – from a Minister who is fast becoming the Dr Beeching of libraries, does he believe he has a responsibility to act as a “champion” for libraries across Government, and if he does – how would he assess his performance to date?”
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March 22, 2012
A Budget Bad for Barnsley
David Cameron and George Osborne promised us that we were out of the danger zone and their economic policies were working. Yet when you separate the rhetoric from the reality, it is a very different story. It is a story of unfairness. As a result of today’s budget that was mostly announced to the press before Parliament, Barnsley is a town that is worse off and forgotten about by our Prime Minister and Chancellor.
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March 21, 2012
Jarvis Angered by Unemployment in Barnsley
Barnsley Central MP, Dan Jarvis, has responded to the news that unemployment has risen to a 15 year high across Barnsley. His own constituency of Barnsley Central has become the 137th highest in the country for unemployment.
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March 14, 2012
Jarvis Warns Vaizey Risks Becoming the Dr Beeching of Libraries
Shadow Culture Minister, Dan Jarvis MP, has delivered a keynote speech at the Library Rally in the Great Hall of the Methodist Hall in Westminster, today where he warned Ed Vaizey that he is in danger of becoming the Dr Beeching of libraries.
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March 13, 2012
Jarvis Speaks at NUM Miners' Memorial Lecture
Good morning and thank you very much for inviting me to speak today at the annual David Jones and Joe Green Memorial Lecture.
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March 10, 2012
Jarvis Responds to Arts & Business Figures
Shadow Culture Minister, Dan Jarvis MP, has responded to a report from Arts and Business which suggests that private giving in the Arts has increased by 4%.
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February 28, 2012
Jarvis Welcomes 3 Yorks to Parliament
Former Paratrooper, Dan Jarvis MP, hosted a lunch with the 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment in the House of Commons on Monday. He was joined by fellow Yorkshire MPs Michael Dugher, Rosie Winterton, Kris Hopkins, Greg Mullholland and Andrew Murrison – MP for Warminster, home of 3 YORKS.
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February 21, 2012