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  • Valerie Vaz MP urges Chancellor to support local news publishers

    • 29/07/2020
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP has written to the Treasury to call for business rates relief for struggling news publishers Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “I have written to the Treasury to highlight the lack of financial support news publishers have received during the pandemic. I am calling for an extension of the one-year

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  • Valerie Vaz MP opposes longer Sunday trading hours and welcomes Government U-turn

    • 22/06/2020
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP has criticised Government plans to deregulate Sunday trading. Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “Shop workers across the country have kept the shelves stacked and the country going during the coronavirus lockdown. But if the Government’s plans to deregulate Sunday trading go ahead, they will need to work longer weekend

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  • Valerie Vaz MP supports Holidays Without Hunger Campaign

    • 21/06/2020
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    The campaign successfully forced a Government U-turn on free school meals this summer to ensure a ‘holiday without hunger’ Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “I am delighted that the Government have been forced into yet another U-turn by this campaign on our Opposition Day Debate. The Government U-turned just hours before this debate began

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  • Valerie Vaz MP welcomes landmark ruling for Museums

    • 19/06/2020
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP delighted by business rates ruling which could save local museums thousands of pounds Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP said: “I welcome this landmark ruling on the rateable valuation of Exeter’s Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery (RAMM). This decision will change the way museums in England and Wales are

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  • Valerie delighted by decision to abandon sleeper factory at Bescot

    • 16/06/2020
    • Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
    • Category: Local News, News, Press Releases
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    Rt Hon Valerie Vaz MP has opposed Network Rail’s plans for a concrete sleeper facility the Bescot Railway Sidings from the outset “I am delighted that Network Rail has pulled out of the sleeper facility at Bescot. Having consulted with my constituents, it was clear that local opposition to the development was overwhelming. Over two years

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