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Health parliamentary address on mental health needs

Ivan Lewis MP
Minister for Care Services, Ivan Lewis MP will address today's meeting of the All Parliamentary Mental Health Group (APMHG) at 5.00pm in Committee Room 5 at the House of Commons, Westminster.

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OBV and the Parole Board - new members search

Operation Black Vote in partnership with the Parole Board announce the launch of a brand new initiative to attract more Black and minority ethnic (BME) Parole Board members.

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Latest News - 13 May 2008

Vote for Change: National Kick-Off
Across the country on May 10, 2008, Barack Obama's supporters registered voters as part of our 50 state voter registration drive...

Minister's housing market fears exposed
House prices are set to fall by at least 5% to 10% in real terms this year, housing minister Caroline Flint was briefed to tell the cabinet today...

Racist Incidents Give Some Obama Campaigners Pause
Danielle Ross was alone in an empty room at the Obama campaign headquarters in Kokomo, Ind., a cellphone in one hand, a voter call list...

Brown begins fightback with tax compensation
Gordon Brown hopes to lift his flagging prime ministership over the next 48 hours by giving details of a 10p tax compensation package...

South Africa and Zimbabwe: the end of “quiet diplomacy”?
There is not much good news from Zimbabwe these days, but there is some growing hope from next door...

Pride & prejudice: How the far right muscled in on middle England
It was the place he dubbed Everytown, the corner of Britain that most accurately represents the nation at large. So when the people...

David Cameron cries foul
David Cameron condemned Labour's determination to raise the spectre of class war in the Crewe & Nantwich by-election as “pathetic” yesterday...

McCain Differs With Bush on Climate Change
Senator John McCain sought to distance himself from President Bush on Monday as he called for a mandatory limit on greenhouse gas emissions...

Clinton set for West Virginia win
If the cable news pundits and editorial page writers of America are to be believed then the race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination...

 
Cleverly makes history

James Cleverly
James Cleverly made history when he signed in as the first BME Conservative Greater London Assembly member.  Cleverly  won Bexley and Bromley  by a convincing margin  gainging  over  100,000  votes , 70 ,000 more  than  his nearest rival.

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Mayor appoints Black Deputy Mayor for Young People

Ray Lewis and Boris Johnson

The new Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and his newly appointed Deputy Mayor for Young People, Ray Lewis, wasted no time behind their desks and took to the streets to meet young people at a Dagenham Fire Station yesterday.

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Clinton close to the wire

Hillary Clinton's Presidential campaign seems in crisis having lost the primary in North Carolina and had a disappointing run in the second race in Indiana.  There were some commentators and pollsters that believed that Clinton would  win both.

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Press Release: Johnson must build bridges with Black Londoners

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Re: Mayoral Elections 2008
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Profile of the week:

Mari Rees

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Journal of the week:

Veronica Price-Job