Posted in Conservatives, Labour, Liberal Democrats, MPs, Steve Webb, tagged Bristol, Bristol Politics, Charlotte Leslie, Chris Skidmore, Conservatives, Dawn Primarolo, Jack Lopresti, Jacob Rees-Mogg, John Penrose, Kerry McCarthy, Labour, Liam Fox, Liberal Democrats, MPs expenses, Politics, Steve Webb, Steven Williams on July 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
By Tom Moseley, Parliamnetary Correspondent
EXPENSES claims for MPs in the Bristol area topped £1million last year, it has been revealed.
But across the country there was a sharp drop in claims as tighter restrictions and fear of a public backlash after the 2009 expenses scandal took hold.
New figures released by the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), set up in the wake of the scandal, show MPs’ claims from after May’s General Election up until March 31.
Posted in MPs, tagged Bristol Politics, Cadbury, Conservatives, Jacob Rees-Mogg, Keynsham, Kraft, MPs, Somerdale on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
IT is time to stop “banging on” about Kraft‘s actions in closing the Cadbury factory in Keynsham, the town’s MP has said.
The American food company pledged to work to keep the Somerdale plant open as it fought a bitter takeover battle for the British chocolate maker in 2009.
But within a week of winning control of Cadbury in February last year, Kraft announced a U-turn. It said Cadbury’s previously-announced closure plans, under which production of snacks, including Double Deckers and Curly Wurlies, would move to Poland, were too far advanced to reverse.
The factory ceased production at the end of last year and the last workers left in March.
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