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17 MAY 2012

Rugeley MP says A&E should re-open or board face the sack

Click here to read an article in the Staffordshire Newsletter quoting Aidan Burley MP regarding Stafford Hospital A&E.


12 MAY 2012

Cannock charity Newlife Foundation meets transport minister Norman Baker to discuss law change

Click here to read coverage in the Birmingham Mail of Transport Minister Norman Baker's meeting with Aidan Burley MP and Cannock charity Newlife Foundation.


10 MAY 2012

Scandal-hit Stafford Hospital is now making progress

Click here to read an Express & Star article on Stafford Hospital, quoting Aidan Burley MP.


19 APR 2012

Awards to honour top Chase businesses

From The Cannock & Rugely Chronicle:


30 MAR 2012

School's overseas visitors

The image below shows a clipping from the Cannock Chronicle covering Aidan's visit to welcome a delegation of European teachers to Gorsemoor Primary. Original paper can be found here.


20 MAR 2012

MP urges change in powered wheelchair law

Click here to read the BBC News website's coverage of Aidan Burley MP's Ten Minute Rule motion on powered wheelchairs.


13 MAR 2012

Councils’ workers in wage loss of £2m for big strike

Click here to read a news article in the Express & Star quoting Aidan Burley MP.


07 DEC 2011

Daily Politics on trade union reform

The Daily Politics today did a feature on trade union funding, featuring Aidan Bulrey MP in their pre-interview video.  You can watch the segment below:


02 DEC 2011

Using our money to pay for trade union activity is neither moral nor economic, David Cameron tells campaign group

Click here to read Christopher Hope's article in The Daily Telegraph regarding Aidan Burley MP's ongoing campaign to challenge taxpayer funding of trade union activities.


29 NOV 2011

John O’Connell: Why are we paying for these activists who are plotting public sector chaos?

Click here to read an article in the Yorkshire Post citing Aidan Burley MP.


29 NOV 2011

BSIA hosts roundtable meeting to discuss role of private sector in security services

Click here to read a write up on the sourcesecurity.com website of a meeting chaired by Aidan Burley MP of the The British Security Industry Association (BSIA) to discuss the future of policing and the role of the private sector in delivering essential services.


21 NOV 2011

Cannock Chase mourns the loss of local news

Click here to read Dominic Ponsford's article in the Press Gazette quoting Aidan Burley MP on the closure of the Chase Post.


19 NOV 2011

Engaging the next generation

Click here to read Kate Murray's article in the Guardian quoting Aidan Burley MP.


17 NOV 2011

MP heckled with four letter words in Commons

Click here to read Jonathan Walker's Birmingham Post article about Aidan Burley MP's debate calling for an end to taxpayer funding for trade union activities.


16 NOV 2011

Stafford Hospital A&E closure: MPs call for debate

Click here to read coverage on the BBC News website of the formal request to the Speaker of the House of Commons by MPs Aidan Burley (Cannock Chase), Jeremy Lefroy (Stafford), Bill Cash (Stone) and Gavin Williamson (South Staffordshire) for an urgent debate over plans to close a hospital's A&E department at night.


15 NOV 2011

Phil Upton interviews Aidan about the closure of the Chase Post

Click here to listen to BBC Radio WM's Phil Upton interview Aidan Burley MP about the closure of the Chase Post.


12 NOV 2011

Kelvin Mackenzie on Aidan Burley MP

Click here to read Kelvin Mackenzie's Daily Mail blog saying of Aidan Burley MP: "Hats off to Tory MP Aidan Burley for pointing out that we could have an extra 2,800 nurses if the taxpayer stopped footing the £67 million bill for trade union officials in state-run industries; hospitals, police etc. If members want trade unions, fine — they should pay for it, not us."


07 NOV 2011

Tories Pursue Labour On Union Links

Click here to read Sophie Ridge's article on the Sky News blog featuring Aidan Burley MP.


03 NOV 2011

Just one in five backs strike: Low turnout, but union sticks to pension walkout

Click here to read Jason Groves and Becky Barrow's article in the Daily Mail citing Aidan Burley MP's call for laws requiring unions to gain majority support before pressing ahead with strikes.


31 OCT 2011

Success for one in 10 visitors to job fairs

Click here to read coverage from the Express & Star about the success rate of people finding work as a result of attending one of Aidan Burley MP's Jobs Fayres.


31 OCT 2011

Cannock’s Brian James store reopens

Click here to read coverage from the Express & Star coveraging the re-opening of Cannock's Brian James store by Aidan Burley MP.


30 OCT 2011

Heroes and Villains of Westminster

Click here to read The Sun's 'The Heroes and Villains of Westminster' column from 28th October 2011 - in which they identify Aidan Burley MP as their 'Westminter Hero' of the week.

The Heroes and Villains of Westminster - 28th October 2011


27 OCT 2011

Tory rift on EU a bad case of backbench ambition

Click here to read Mark Hennessey's article in the Irish Times quoting Aidan Burley MP.


27 OCT 2011

Pilgrims Harangued

Click here to read coverage on the Guido Fawkes Blog of Aidan Burley MP's debate against taxpayer funded trade union officials.


09 OCT 2011

Parliamentary Pressure on Pilgrims

Click here to read coverage on the Guido Fawkes website regarding the battle against taxpayer funded trade union 'pilgrims', mentioning Aidan as a key "outrider for action".


05 OCT 2011

MP heads Rugeley jobs fair as hundreds attend

Click here to read the Express & Star's coverage of Aidan Burley MP's Rugeley Jobs Fayre.


19 SEP 2011

Cop gets £69,000 overtime in year

Click here to read John Kay's article in The Sun quoting Aidan Burley MP.


19 SEP 2011

Policeman triples his salary with £69,000 overtime in just ONE YEAR

Click here to read Emily Allen's article in the Daily Mail quoting Aidan Burley MP.


19 SEP 2011

Cannock jobs fair organised for the unemployed

Click here to read the Express & Star's coverage of Aidan Burley MP's Cannock Jobs Fayre.


16 SEP 2011

College in Cannock Chase Jobs Fair is backing MP

Click here to read the Express & Star's coverage of Aidan Burley MP's Jobs Fayres.


07 SEP 2011

Chase campaigners to lobby panel

Click here to read an article published in the Staffordshire Newsletter quoting Aidan Burley MP.


16 AUG 2011

After the Midlands riots comes the political fall-out

Click here to read Patrick Burns article on the BBC News website mentioning Aidan Burley MP.


15 AUG 2011

Commons staff rack up £1.5m on taxpayer-funded credit cards

Click here to read Jason Beattie's article in the Daily Mirror quoting Aidan Burley MP.


15 AUG 2011

High life for officials

Click here to read a Daily Star article quoting Aidan Burley MP.


14 AUG 2011

Family adoption fury as girl, six, faces being sent to America to live with unrelated man

Click here to read Susan Boniface's article in the Sunday Mirror article quoting Aidan Burley MP.


09 AUG 2011

MP finds out about potential bank support for local good causes

Click here to read 4-traders article quoting Aidan Burley MP.


08 AUG 2011

From lingerie to beehives, the £6m Police card spree

Click here to read Alison Little's article in the Daily Express quoting Aidan Burley MP.


28 JUL 2011

The Audit Commission: spending watchdog accused of wasting thousands on 'vanity snaps'

Click here to read Christopher Hope's article in the Daily Telegraph quoting Aidan Burley MP.


14 JUL 2011

Calls for Piers Morgan to appear at phone hacking inquiry

Click here to read an article in the Metro, quoting Aidan Burley MP.


11 JUL 2011

Amazon to create 900 jobs in the Midlands

Click here to read Matt Lloyd's article in the Birmingham Mail quoting Aidan Burley MP.


10 JUL 2011

Amazon retail centre to create 900 Staffordshire jobs

Click here to read coverage, including quotes from Aidan Burley MP, about Amazon create 900 local jobs on the BBC news website.


05 JUL 2011

Cannock Chase MP blames police chief over forced retirement of officers

Click here to read a Birmingham Post article quoting Aidan Burley MP.


18 JUN 2011

Union boss accused of treating mothers with contempt as strike school closures mean thousands will have to miss work

Click here to read Brendan Carlin's article in The Daily Mail quoting Aidan Burley MP.


17 JUN 2011

MP Aidan Burley’s romantic wedding proposal

Click here to read the Express & Star's report on Aidan's engagement.


02 JUN 2011

Conservative MPs meet Sderot teenagers

Click here to read the Jewish Chronicle's coverage of Aidan's recent visit to Israel.


18 MAY 2011

MP Aidan Burley urges football clubs to pay more police costs

Click here to read coverage by the BBC of Aidan's call for Premier League football clubs to pay more towards the cost of policing games.


10 APR 2011

Talk about golden handcuffs: The £70k bobbies guarding our VIPs

Click here to read an article in the Mail on Sunday quoting Aidan Burley MP's call to curb Police protection officers overtime pay.


14 MAR 2011

Ed Balls slammed for playing Japan card in Tory attack

Click here to read Joe Murphy, Craig Woodhouse and Nicholas Cecil's article in The Evening Standard, quoting Aidan Burley MP on the accusation of Ed Balls' "gross insensitivity" for allegedly using the Japanese earthquake to score political points.


14 MAR 2011

£4k for one-minute walk to office

Click here to read Neil Millard's article in The Sun, quoting Aidan Burley MP's reaction to the relevation that the Audit Commission Chief Executive receives £4,070 a year in travel allowance, despite only having a one minute walk to the office.


13 MAR 2011

Spending watchdog’s £4k travel expenses for a one-minute walk from his hotel

Click here to read Glen Owen's article in the Mail on Sunday quoting Aidan Burley MP's reaction to the Quango chief charged with curbing wasteful public spending being paid a £4,070-a-year 'travel allowance' – even though his daily commute is a one-minute walk between his office and a four-star hotel.


13 MAR 2011

£27,000 pay rise for police chief who told officers to ‘share the pain’ of cuts

Click here to read the Mail on Sunday's article quoting Aidan Burley MP on the President of the Association of Chief Police Officers pay rise.


27 FEB 2011

Peers and MPs blow £500k on Westminster art spree... including £10k portrait of Tory Lord accused of having affair with single mother

Read coverage of Aidan Burley MP's call to end art purchases for the Palace of Westminster in the Mail on Sunday here.


21 FEB 2011

Mercian Labels Group opens newly refurbished site

Click here to read Print Week's coverage of Aidan Burley MP opening Mercian Labels newly refurbished site in Cannock.


11 FEB 2011

MP in call over football policing bills

Click here to read the Express & Star's coverage of Aidan Burley MP's call for Premiership football clubs to pick up the full bill for policing games.


07 FEB 2011

Axed spending watchdog splashed out £5,000 on luxury dinner and string quartet as 'swansong'

Click here to read thr Daily Mail's coverage of a spending scandal uncovered by a Parliamentary written question asked by Aidan Burley MP.


01 FEB 2011

Ministers blast spending watchdog for splashing out £900 a chair with public cash

Click here to read Nicholas Cecil's article in the Evening Standard quoting Aidan Burley MP.


19 JAN 2011

Treasury denies movement on VAT rebate for charities

Click here to read a write up on one of Aidan Burley MP's written questions to the Treasury.


13 JAN 2011

Aidan Burley appointed PPS to Philip Hammond

Click here to read Conservative Home's coverage of Aidan Burley MP's appointment as PPS to the Secretary fo State for Transport.


23 NOV 2010

Police counter terror cuts 'not dangerous', MPs told

Click here to read BBC coverage of a meeting of the Home Affairs Select Committee, featuring Aidan Burley MP's challenge over UK Border Agency Lin Homer's £208,000 salary.


22 NOV 2010

Police Reform invterview

Listen to Aidan Burley MP's interview by Ed Doolan on BBC Radio WM about police reform.


08 NOV 2010

MP gets behind the bar for British Pub Week

Click here to read an article from the Morning Advertiser profiling how Aidan Burley MP did his bit for British Pub Week by working a shift behind the bar of a local Mitchells & Butlers (M&B) pub.