﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kerry McCarthy MP News</title><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/newsfeed.aspx</link><description>The latest news from Kerry McCarthy MP</description><copyright>(c) 2007, Kerry McCarthy MP. All rights reserved.</copyright><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Report Shows that Emergency Budget is Hitting the Poorest Hardest</title><description>Kerry criticises the Coalition Government for misleading the public over 'regressive' Budget</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109861</link><pubDate>Wed, 25Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry Criticises Council over Green Space Consultation</title><description>Bristol City Council are currently running two consultations which include plans to sell off green spaces across the city.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109860</link><pubDate>Wed, 11Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry backs campaign to end Legal Loan Sharking</title><description>Kerry is supporting the compass campaign to end legal loan sharking.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109859</link><pubDate>Wed, 4Aug 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry welcomes Bullfighting Ban in Catalonia</title><description>Kerry added her name to a letter to Catalan MPS calling for bullfighting to be banned.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109858</link><pubDate>Thu, 29Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry appears on the Politics Show West</title><description>You have until Sunday 25th July to watch Kerry on the sofa as part of last week's Politics Show West programme.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109856</link><pubDate>Wed, 21Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>UK Youth Parliament allowed to debate in chamber</title><description>After a heated debate, MPs voted in favour of allowing the UK Youth Parliament to use the House of Commons chamber once a year to meet.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109857</link><pubDate>Wed, 21Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry praised by charity for child poverty pledge</title><description>Child Poverty Action Group praises Kerry for pledge to end child poverty in Bristol East.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109854</link><pubDate>Tue, 13Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry backs free swimming</title><description>Kerry lends support to petition to save free swimming in Bristol</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109855</link><pubDate>Tue, 13Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry campaigns for better wheelchair services</title><description>Kerry joins with disability campaigner to fight for better wheelchair services.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109853</link><pubDate>Mon, 12Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Feature on Kerry's website</title><description>Find out what Kerry's up to in Parliament</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109849</link><pubDate>Fri, 9Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry concerned about housing benefit cuts</title><description>Housing benefit cuts will hit working families and pensioners across the South West
</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109850</link><pubDate>Fri, 9Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ed Balls praises improvements in Bristol schools</title><description>As the Government announces that they are cutting the Building Schools for the Futures fund, Edthe Shadow Education Secretary visited Bristol to see the difference it has made.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109851</link><pubDate>Fri, 9Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry Launches Transport Survey</title><description>Kerry has launched an online survey asking for her consituents' views on public transport</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109827</link><pubDate>Wed, 23Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry  challenges Lib Dems to Stand up for their Constituents</title><description>Kerry has hallenged the Liberal Democrat MP for Bristol West, Stephen Williams to vote against the Emergency Budget.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109828</link><pubDate>Tue, 22Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry speaks out against rail cuts</title><description>Kerry criticizes the Government for back tracking on electrification plans that would of seen the Great Western Line from London to Bristol become cheaper for passangers.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109826</link><pubDate>Fri, 18Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry warns Mental health services are failing children with autism</title><description>Kerry is backing the campaign which aims to the tacle the problems the NHS has with dealing with Mental Health issues faced by children with autism.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109825</link><pubDate>Mon, 14Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry calls for greater protection for whales</title><description>Bristol East MP Kerry McCarthy has shown her support for whales by striking a ‘whale tail’ pose with the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW).</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109823</link><pubDate>Fri, 11Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry challenges Tory Government to protect Council House building in Bristol</title><description>Kerry called upon Communities Secretary Eric Pickles to protect the funding already set aside under the Labour government to build nearly a thousand council homes.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109824</link><pubDate>Fri, 11Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gaza Aid Convoy</title><description>Kerry has been in regular contact with the Foreign Office following the shocking events with the aid convoy to Gaza.</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109822</link><pubDate>Wed, 2Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kerry shows her support for Carers Week</title><description>Kerry has signed Early Day Motion 14 to raise awareness of the upcoming 2010 Carer's Week (14th-20th June). The theme this year is “A Life of My Own” which highlights the importance of looking after...</description><link>http://www.kerrymccarthymp.org/news.aspx?i_PageID=109821</link><pubDate>Fri, 28May 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>