http://www.tombrake.co.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Tom Brake MP en-GB Tom Brake MP http://www.tombrake.co.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2009 Tom Brake MP 2009-07-04T08:53+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000708/local_mp_welcomes_the_big_lunch_to_carshalton_and_wallington.html Tom Brake urges residents to take part in The Big Lunch, an Eden Project Initiative, which is a yearly project starting on Sunday 19th July 2009. 2009-07-01T17:22+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000707/tom_brake_backs_calls_for_an_increase_in_the_number_of_changing_places_toilets.html Last Wednesday, Tom Brake MP joined Mencap and the 11 times Paralympic gold medallist Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson to celebrate Learning Disability Week and to call for an increase in the number of Changing Places toilets available in the UK. 2009-07-01T14:12+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000706/make_it_happy_says_tom_brake_mp.html MPs and e-skills UK have launched the third year of their UK-wide technology challenge for primary schools aged 9 to 11. The competition is initiated by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM) and is organised by e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and Information Technology. 2009-06-26T10:13+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000705/schools_sign_up_to_national_school_sport_week.html Local MP Tom Brake has pledged his support for a scheme that aims to inspire young people to become more active through sports. 2009-06-26T10:11+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000704/iraqi_embassy_to_press_alsarraj_case_with_iraqi_government.html In the next stage of her campaign to secure the release of her husband, Mr Al-Sarraj, detained in a US facility in Baghdad called Camp Cropper, Shereen Nasser and Tom Brake MP for Carshalton and Wallington lobbied the Iraqi Charge d'Affaires, Mr Al Oraibi on Friday. 2009-06-25T10:02+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000703/sutton_flies_the_flag.html In celebration of the new Armed Forces Day, Sutton residents will fly a specially made flag today. 2009-06-22T09:39+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000702/mp_works_with_local_company_to_help_tackle_climate_change.html On Tuesday, Carshalton and Wallington MP Tom Brake raised in a debate in Parliament the innovative work of KBIG, a local company based in Carshalton Beeches whose exciting new product could help to combat global warming. The product is a coconut shell based activated carbon product used in aerosols. 2009-06-17T18:25+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000701/suttons_lib_dem_leaders_fight_for_schools_cash.html Last month, senior Lib Dem politicians from Sutton took their concerns about the growing pressure on primary school places in the borough direct to the government. 2009-06-15T09:56+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000700/lib_dems_celebrate_best_ever_euro_result.html The Borough's Liberal Democrats have hailed their recent performance in the Euro elections as the best ever. The result puts the Liberal Democrats on track to hold both parliamentary seats and retain control of the Council. 2009-06-15T09:48+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000699/mp_launches_new_650000_life_saving_gamma_camera.html Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington, visited St Helier Hospital on the 11th June 2009 to officially launch a brand new £650,000 gamma camera. 2009-06-14T15:18+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000698/mps_red_alert_for_carshalton_and_wallington_about_summer_burn_risk.html Tom Brake MP today warned local 18-30s about the dangers of burning in the sun after learning more about sun safety from experts at Cancer Research UK. 2009-06-14T15:14+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000697/local_mp_challenges_minister_on_local_jobs_for_local_people.html Tom Brake MP, Lib Dem Olympics Spokesman challenged Olympics Minister Tessa Jowell MP at Olympics Questions on Monday to boost the number of local jobs, apprenticeships and training places available for local people in the Olympic Park. 2009-06-10T14:03+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000696/tom_brake_mp_demands_an_end_to_debt_vultures.html Tom Brake MP is joining forces with a number of local residents and the Jubilee Debt Campaign to stop vulture funds profiteering from Third World debt. 2009-05-29T17:33+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000695/brake_puts_the_government_under_pressure_again_on_st_helier.html In Parliament this week, local Lib Dem MP Tom Brake raised the stakes higher in his ongoing campaign to secure the funding needed to redevelop St Helier Hospital. 2009-05-22T18:29+01:00 http://www.tombrake.co.uk/news/000694/smart_local_mp_uses_smart_meter_to_save_energy.html Local MP Tom Brake has been testing the new generation of electricity meters in his constituency office. Smart meters allow users to monitor and then reduce their energy consumption. 2009-05-20T15:57+01:00