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MP calls on companies to end practice of silent callers

Local MP for Basingstoke, Maria Miller today joined with consumer groups to highlight the problem of silent telephone calls in the Basingstoke area, which cause concern and annoyance for thousands of residents.

29 June 2009
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Linde has announced job losses at its Basingstoke factory.

The loss of 350 jobs is heart breaking news for all of those employees affected.

17 June 2009
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MP fears school investment for Basingstoke will fail to appear despite Government house building targets

Independent House of Commons Public Accounts Committee slammed the Government’s Building Schools for the Future programme for its “poor planning and persistent over-optimism

16 June 2009
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Young at Heart

Maria answered a range of questions from the future provision and infrastructure of gas and water supplies in Basingstoke through to pensioners issues and MPs expenses.

12 June 2009
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Basingstoke needs high-speed broadband now

A report commissioned by the BBC has singled out Basingstoke as a worrying area where many homes and businesses have weak connectivity.

7 June 2009
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Basingstoke sees sharp rise in unemployment

New regional figures released by the Government show average unemployment level in Basingstoke for the first quarter of this year is 72% higher than last year.

9 May 2009
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Maria Miller MP for Basingstoke supported the motion to scrap the new immigration rules that would prevent many Gurkhas coming to live in the country they served.

The Government faced a humiliating defeat in the House of Commons on Wednesday 29 April 2009 when MPs voted for a motion calling for the scrapping of new immigration rules that would prevent many Gurkhas coming to live in the UK.

30 April 2009
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Fairfield Primary School

"Education for all!" demand students

25 April 2009
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Visiting Rucstall Primary School.

Local MP Maria Miller was delighted to meet with staff and pupils at Rucstall Primary School when she dropped in for a visit.

24 April 2009
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MP slams Government for not backing Naomi House

Local Basingstoke MP Maria Miller has slammed the Government’s inaction on Naomi House in today’s budget statement.

23 April 2009