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30 June 2010: MPs slate Coalition on free school meals
 Hull North MP and Labour Shadow Health Minister Diana Johnson today attacked Coalition Government plans to cut a free school meals policy that was pioneered in Hull. Speaking in a Westminster Hall debate on Free School Meals at the House of Commons today (Wednesday 30 June), Diana Johnson was among the MPs criticised Government plans to reverse the previous Labour Government’s policy of extending universal free school meals. Under Labour control Hull City Council was the first English local authority to pilot universal free school meals in primary and special schools in 2004 and until the Lib Dem Council scrapped... 23 June 2010: Hull jobs and services will pay price of Coalition Budget
 Hull North MP Diana Johnson today slammed the Coalition Government’s first Budget as bad news for jobs and services in Hull. Speaking in a House of Commons debate on the Budget delivered yesterday by the Chancellor George Osborne, Hull North’s Labour MP singled out cuts to the Future Jobs Fund, cuts to Child Benefit and Housing Benefit, and the increase in VAT to 20% as likely to hit Hull especially hard - with the least advantaged suffering the most. The Coalition Government’s own Office of Budget Responsibility forecasts that unemployment is now set to rise by tens of thousands more... 14 June 2010: MP backs greater support and recognition for Hull carers
Hull North Labour MP Diana Johnson is calling for the contribution of thousands of Hull carers in to be recognised by the local community and society at large. The call came new research showed that more than three-quarters (76%) of people looking after an ill, frail or disabled loved one do not have a life outside of their caring role. The statistics, part of new research issued to launch Carers Week (14-20 June), also highlights that 75% of carers say they have lost touch with family and friends, while four out of five are worse off financially because of their... 11 June 2010: Exposed: Coalition cuts target Hull’s young people
Hull North Labour MP Diana Johnson today revealed details of cuts to be made this year to local services for Hull’s children and young people by the Coalition Government. In response to a letter from Labour’s Shadow Children and Education Secretary Ed Balls MP, the Coalition Government admitted that £311 million will be cut this year from education and children’s services that are provided locally, but funded by central government. Diana Johnson MP has calculated that £2,102,730 of the cuts will be imposed on Hull - almost a third of the budget for these services for the rest of the... 29 April 2010: Denis Healey backs Labour’s Diana Johnson
 Denis Healey today urged Hull North voters to back Labour’s candidate Diana Johnson in the General Election on 6 May. In a message, which will be delivered across Hull North from the weekend, Denis Healey, the former Chancellor of the Exchequer and Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, says: “I urge you to vote for Labour’s Diana Johnson on Thursday 6 May. “Voting any other way means a Tory government. This would be terrible for everyone in Hull – from pensioners to young families. I remember what the Tories were like before. They haven’t changed. “With the Lib Dems wanting...
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