Lyn Brown MP – says why she loves libraries!

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July  31st 2009
Lyn Brown MP – tells www.wpradio.co.uk what she’s reading this summer and why she loves  libraries!
Lyn Brown, the Labour MP for West Ham since 2005, is a passionate champion of the library movement. From the time her mother took her to [...]

Lynne Featherstone MP promotes equality for job applicants

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July 17th 2009
Lynne Featherstone MP promotes equality for job applicants with the “no name” application form

Lynne Featherstone the MP for Hornsey and Wood Green and the Liberal Democrat’s Equality spokesperson, has tabled an amendment to the government’s Equality Bill calling on names to be taken off job application forms.
The Solicitor [...]

Cheryl Gillan MP – says her new Autism Bill shows how politicians across party can work together

June 29th 2009

Cheryl Gillan MP – says her new Autism Bill shows how politicians across party can work together to change society and help those with special needs
The Conservative MP, Cheryl Gillan, is successfully pushing through a Private Member’s Bill on Autism in The House. It will ensure local authorities and NHS service providers [...]

John Bercow MP and equality in the House

June 16th 2009
John Bercow MP – contender for the role of Speaker in the House of Commons.
The Conservative MP for Buckingham John Bercow, is standing for the position of Speaker in the House of Commons. He is well liked and respected in Labour circles, even though he is a Conservative, and he is [...]

Anne Begg MP, says get involved in politics!

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May 22nd 2009
 
Anne Begg MP, Vice Chair of the Speakers Conference tells wpradio.co.uk how voters can help reform  Parliament and MPs expenses

The Labour MP for Aberdeen South, Anne Begg, says she’ll be out campaigning in her Constituency over the coming weeks to advice people that if Parliament needs reforming then they [...]

wpradio goes to the Cartoon Musem with Maggie

May 8th 2009
 
Wpradio.co.uk interviews Lord Baker and the cartoonist Steve Bell about the legacy of Margaret Thatcher at the Cartoon Museum “Maggie, Maggie, Maggie”.
Is Margaret Thatcher the “Mother of the Nation” or the “Monster from the Blue Lagoon”? That’s the question The Cartoon Museum in Bloomsbury, London, is asking from 6th May to 26th July [...]

The new Equality Bill – getting better pay and to the top in business!

Hey listeners, Wpradio takes a sideways look at the Government’s new Equality Bill through the eyes of two women leaders – one in the TUC and the other in Management Studies:
Kay Carberry, Assistant General Secretary TUC
Too much or too little? The Government’s New Equality Bill has been published this week almost 40 years after the [...]

Wpradio talks to Tessa about women and the Olympics

Erm, well wrpadio can certainly get the topical interviews. Look at this list of our new content and do tune in www.wpradio.co.uk and LISTEN to all.
Olympic Games Minister Tessa Jowell, MP, as the Secretary of State for Culture Media and Sport helped London win its bid to host the [...]

April on women’s parliamentary radio

 
Well,  let’s unashamedly use my blog to promote the work of all our journalists on www.wpradio.co.uk this parliamentary session. January, February and March are always busy months for us as International Women’s Day approaches and we attend the various events in and around Westminster to promote it.  There’s alot of new content with women and [...]

Women and the recession…

Erm,
www.wpradio.co.uk has started off a new series in 2009 on “Women and the recession” - a time to reflect on how the glue of family life revolves around women as mothers, bread winners and carers but how they are often in vulnerable positions in the job market. So far we have talked to Maria Miller MP for [...]