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                           <title><![CDATA[Labour Wants Birthing Unit to Deliver]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[HEMEL HEMPSTEAD LABOUR PARTY  LABOUR WANTS BIRTHING UNIT TO DELIVER  Begins HEMEL hospital&rsquo;s birthing unit should re-open &ndash; that&rsquo;s the view of Labour&rsquo;s parliamentary candidate Ayfer Orhan. The mum-of-two has backed a detailed 850 word response to the consultation on the possible return of the unit submitted by Hemel Hempstead Labour Party last week. West Herts Primary Care Trust closed the award-winning birth unit "temporarily" back in 2005 on cost and staffing grounds and health bosses decided to close it permanently earlier this year. Mrs Orhan said; "I have gone into this in great depth and what&rsquo;s happened...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 06:08:34</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Tory Housing Sell-Off in Tatters - 21/12/09]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Housing Matters &ndash; News release   TORY HOUSING SELL-OFF IN TATTERS   CONTROVERSIAL plans to sell-off Dacorum Borough Council&rsquo;s 10,500 council homes must be halted says the Housing Matters campaign and Labour group leader Councillor Keith White.    Conservative-run Dacorum had planned to ballot tenants in March on the move and was urging a &ldquo;yes&rdquo; vote to rid itself of responsibility for the housing stock and transfer it to a new housing association style &ldquo;Community Gateway.&rdquo;  However Housing Minister John Healy announced to Parliament last Wednesday that in February the government would be spelling out...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:54:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Boost for Housing in Hemel]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[HEMEL HEMPSTEAD LABOUR PARTY   Ayfer welcomes cash boost   Begins    A &pound;6millon government cash boost to kick-start major construction projects in Hemel Hempstead which have stalled during the economic downturn has been welcomed by Labour&rsquo;s Parliamentary Candidate Ayfer Orhan.   Two projects in Dacorum had been shortlisted for the funding which will see builders will be back on the job at the site of the Rosetta House, the former Jewish Care Home in Midland Road, and the former Sappi Graphics site in Belswains Lane.    Dacorum Borough Council has given permission...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 12:55:39</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[More on housing matters]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Council Housing Finance Statement from Rt Hon John Healy MP - Minister for Housing Local authorities provide around two million rented homes and, together with housing associations, they provide decent, secure and affordable accommodation for over eight million people. Housing suffered a long period of severe neglect. In 1997 there was a &pound;19bn backlog of repairs to four million council and housing association homes and more than two million homes were below basic decency standards. Over &pound;33bn has been invested in improving those homes and by the end of 2010 we expect around 95 per cent of council and housing...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:09:50</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Housing Matters]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[HOMES SELL- OFF SHAMBLES  The ballot to decide if Dacorum Borough Council&rsquo;s housing stock gets transferred to a housing trust has been postponed yet again. Tenants had originally been due to vote on the move in November. However, the decision was postponed until January and has now been put on hold until at least March. The disarray stems from an report by independent experts valuing the council&rsquo;s existing homes at &pound;70 million instead of &pound;120 million meaning the council will be unable to reap the financial windfall it was expecting. Added to that, tenants have already rejected the latest...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 02:03:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Anger at "Double standards" on energy charges]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[ANGER AT
‘DOUBLE STANDARDS’ ON ENERGY CHARGES
 
Energy
companies that charge higher rates to customers who use pre-pay
meters are hurting the poorest in our community exclaims an angry
Ayfer Orhan.
 
Following
recent announcements of ever-increasing profits, Labour’s
Parliamentary Spokesperson for Hemel Hempstead, Ayfer Orhan, has
launched a scathing attack on rich energy companies for a practice
that is seen to be grossly unfair.
 
“Paying more
when using a pre-pay meter is a rip-off” she said – “I intend
campaigning on this unjust practice until I get it
stopped.”
 
Ayfer will be
writing to energy companies demanding that they put a stop to this
double standard in pricing and will keep up...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:31:39</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA["I support action on Housing"]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[AYFER ORHAN &ndash; &ldquo;I SUPPORT ACTION ON HOUSING&rdquo;   Ayfer Orhan,* Labour&rsquo;s Parliamentary Spokesperson for Hemel Hempstead, welcomes Government help, particularly for first-time buyers, as Tories reveal offer of Tax Break that will most benefit the wealthy few.     Ayfer Orhan has welcomed the Government&rsquo;s announcement that a Stamp Duty holiday has been put in place on all homes bought for under &pound;175,000 for a period of 12 months from 3rd September this year - that should make half of all house purchases across the country exempt from Stamp Duty.   The...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:08:31</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Together, let's stem decline under the Tories and be proud of Hemel]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Whilst out and about in recent weeks, knocking on doors and talking to local residents, it has become clear that plans to build new houses in the town is of great concern.  However, far from the short-sighted NIMBY attitude that many locally-elected Tory representatives have taken, I was struck by how worried parents are that their children won&rsquo;t be able to afford to live in the town if more affordable housing isn&rsquo;t made available.  I share their concern. But I also believe that Hemel Hempstead needs more than just affordable housing if it is to prosper in the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2007 01:21:19</pubDate>
                           
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