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Some Argue That Now Isn't The Time To Push The Green Agenda - That All Efforts Should Be On Preventing A Serious Recession. That Is A False Choice. It Fails To Recognise That Climate Change And Our Carbon Reliance Is Part Of Problem - High Fuel Prices And Food Shortages Due To Poor Crop Yields Compound Today's Financial Difficulties.

There's A Loss Of Faith In The Banking System That For So Long Has Been The Backbone Of Prosperity And Growth.

I Will Take A Short Time Out From Being In Parliament When The Baby Is Born But I'll Still Be Doing My Constituency Work - Just With Another Baby In Tow.

Team Gb's Success At The Beijing Olympics Can, In Part, Be Said To Have Been Made In Manchester. For Example, All The Cycling Medal Winners Trained At Manchester's Velodrome, The National Cycling Centre.

Connecting People To Jobs And To Each Other Is Absolutely Vital To A City's Economy (and To The Wider Economy).