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Kandler
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Conservative proposals to guarantee access to cash will support and protect the up to 8 million people who depend on coins and banknotes. Our policy is to ensure sufficient cash resources in rural and poorly serviced communities, to force utility providers and local authorities to accept cash payments, and to introduce legal tender for the first time in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

 

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William (Will) Conway
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Labour's economic philosophy can be summed up as follows:  If you have nothing else to say, try and incite class resentment.  Certainly, Labour has no response to our tax cut proposal that will allow average earners to keep another 800 pounds annually.  So they attack our proposal on the capital gains tax.  In their attack, they reveal the true divide between how Conservatives and Labour view wealth.  For Labour, wealth belongs first to the State, to be distributed as the State sees fit.  Therefore, reducing or eliminating a tax is a "giveaway" or it is "spending."  Additionally, Labour believes that wealth is essentially static.  It represents a pie that will not grow to benefit everyone, but rather a pie that never can grow and can only be divided.  We Conservatives believe rather in growth and opportunity.  We know that the unequal distribution of wealth is far preferable to the equal distribution of scarcity.  The best way to increase people's well being is to make it possible to increase wealth.

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Roger Brigham
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Scottish elections are coming, and we should be aware of what is on the board. There is a lot in game. Scottish people will have to decide if they want 5 more years of the SNP, a party that forgotten the main needs and wills of the Scottish people, as they are leading a region with the highest deficit of all the United Kingdom, a region with high debt an economically in danger, this situation doesn't allow the Government to invest in public services, making Scotland a region where welfare is in danger, everything because the SNP prefered to put attention in their secessionist agenda instead of the people.

In the other hand we have the Labour Party, a party in the opposition that made no opposition, the close ally of the Scottish Secessionists, the one that had or has a secret plan to guarantee the control of Downing Street selling the Union and Scotland to the arms of the Nationalists.

What Scotland needs is a plan, a plan to restore its economy, a plan to get more powers, a plan that put its people in the center and that will finish with years of absolute majorities of the SNP and the no opposition of Labour.

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Roger Brigham
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Today Government took a disappointing decision, they will reject the Aid Restrictions on State Sponsors of Terror Act 2016, a bill which is part of the Conservative commitment to fight terror cutting their funds. Their only argument is: "There are no states sponsoring terrorism"

They are ignoring the purpose of the bill, with it, we only propose a preemptive action, so, if it's detected in the future that a state sponsors terror, we will have the necessary tools to cut off the aid they receive, so they will have less power to fund those that are a threat to our national security.

It seems that Government doesn't want to prevent these events that could put at risk our people, they ignored the claims of unity I asked for in Westminster. Remember the ones that don't take care of your security.

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William (Will) Conway
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I am very pleased that the Leader of the Opposition has made the Tidal Energy motion an Opposition Day motion so that it can be debated and acted upon in Parliament.  It was disconcerting to see the Government dawdle on the subject, especially after the Prime Minister patted herself on the back for support tidal energy projects.  Perhaps it is hard for her to let go of an issue that she perceives as belonging only to her party?   But on this question, the Conservative Party is willing and able to take the lead.

Will Conway
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Faye Gallacher
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We know that tribunal fees have been draconian and have done very little to save money or reduce 'bogus' claims as the Conservatives once said it would. I am glad that the government's investments in legal aid have made it possible to scrap these fees, often imposed on people in vulnerable situations such as sexual harassment victims. These are small but significant claims this Labour led government will take to ensure justice is not just given to the privileged and the wealthy.

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Faye Gallacher
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The Labour Party's mission has always been to provide a voice in Parliament and in government for those who are voiceless and fight for those unable to fight for themselves - scrapping tribunal fees and banning exclusivity clauses for zero hours contracts have been the first step, but in passing the Low Pay Act we will empower the Low Pay Commission to tackle low pay and ensure everyone who does honest work gets an honest wage they can use to support their families. The Labour Party is doing what it does best: fighting for working families. 

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Caroline Blakesley
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Employment tribunal fees started out as having a noble purpose: to reduce the number of frivolous claims brought to tribunal. Yet what we can see after their introduction is that its not just frivolous claims that went down. Real instances of discrimination and real violations of employment law went unpunished. For average workers throughout Britain, particularly women who were subject pregnancy and maternity discrimination, these exorbitant employment tribunal fees stood as a barrier to seeking justice. For those that were willing to bend the rules and deny employees their rights, tribunal fees were an added layer of protection. This is unacceptable and I am proud to say that this Government took action an eliminated these fees. No longer will employees have to lose multiple paycheques just to see justice done, to ensure that their rights are enforced. Labour is fighting to make employment tribunals work for working people. We will ensure the rights of every worker in Britain are protected: no ifs, ands, or buts.

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AL2016
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While there may be some concerns about the economic impact of banning fracking in Great Britain, this Government is clear about the economic problems and jobs lost caused by its continuation.

In many of the areas where fracking could happen, thousands of jobs depend on the tourism, heritage, and farming sectors. The pollution and disruption stemming from fracking will despoil our environment, turn away tourists, and reduce employment. Some of our most rural economies will suffer, not benefit, if fracking continues. There are no economic benefits from an extractive industry that tears apart our environment, puts chemicals in the ground, and inflicts health problems on employees. Labour is committed to banning this industry, protecting jobs, and saving our environment.

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Caroline Blakesley
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Dylan Macmillan's latest top deputy confirmed that the Conservative Party would take Britain out of the Iran nuclear deal. Let me be clear: this deal is a significant improvement over the status quo. It reduced the number of centrifuges that Iran can operate, limited the amount enriched uranium that Iran can have, ensured IAEA access for inspections, and eliminated Iran's ability to enrich plutonium. Overall, it took Iran's breakout time to building a nuclear weapon from under two months to over a year. That is an accomplishment that improves security and dramatically reduces the threat to Europe of a nuclear Iran. The Tory plan is to gamble with the possibility of a nuclear armed Iran, threatening the security of Europe and of Britain.

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Eleanor Nerina
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The "make it up as you go along" Tory approach to foreign policy would be a threat to our national security. From setting aid policy based on unconfirmed conjecture about our vital security partner and commonwealth ally Pakistan, to fringe opposition to the Iran nuclear deal, and to pulling the UK out of Europe and it's security and information sharing mechanisms - the truth is that all of that would make the world and our country less safe. Rather than running with tokenistic measures that even they admit achieve nothing, the Conservatives should go back to the drawing board, engage constructively with the government, and act on these matters in the national interest not their political interest.

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Kandler
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Iran and her terrorist allies are the epitome of villainy; a highly-organised network of the seditious and the sneering who are filled with a vitriolic hatred of the free world and its civilisations. The Iran nuclear “deal” is a deal in name only; in reality it is a blank cheque for the Islamic Republic to continue its longstanding tradition of support for Hezbollah and Hamas, and its equally longstanding tradition of pursuing illicit nuclear ambitions.

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Faye Gallacher
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There we have it. The Tory frontbench has unanimously confirmed it wants to throw the Iran nuclear deal negotiated by a Conservative government and our allies in the scrapheap, leaving the world and Britain more secure as it frees Iran to pursue its nuclear ambitions.

This is a dangerous step backwards from the Tory Party as they lurch to the right. Since Dylan Macmillan is so fond of polling I'd remind him that two thirds of Brits support the Iran nuclear deal - they know that it leaves Britain and the world safer. It's a shame the Tories do not. 

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William Croft
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The Prime Minister's willingness to defend Pakistan as a crucial ally in the fight against terror, while they simultaneously fund and protect multiple terrorist groups, is yet another sign of the Government's chronic incompetence. Pakistan is a known state-sponsor of terrorist groups; in 2012, a study released by NATO concluded that Pakistani support to the Taliban was vital for the "rejuvenation of the Taliban." Our American allies have suspended military aid to Pakistan on multiple occasions, precisely because of their willingness to divert foreign aid into the hands of terrorist organizations. 

Britain has a moral imperative to ensure our foreign aid is not used to advance the cause of terrorism. The Government, in turn, has an obligation to guarantee to the taxpayer that not a pound of their hard-earned income will find its way into the hands of terrorists. Their statements over the past few days indicate their inability to uphold this guarantee, which is all the more  reason the State Sponsors of ISIL Act must pass. 

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Eleanor Nerina
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William croft keeps saying that he wants to work with the government to tackle terrorism. The first thing he needs to do is stop harming Britain's relationship with an important security partner and ally. Until he does that, he is doing active harm to the security of our country and counter terrorism efforts in the Middle East.

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