Burt loses Solihull and Spelman retains Meriden

LIBERAL Democrat Lorely Burt has failed to regain Solihull at the General Election while Conservative Caroline Spelman retained Meriden.

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Tories select 2015 election candidate

JOURNALIST and author Julian Knight has been selected as the man Conservatives want to seize back Solihull at the next General Election.

                

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Updated: MPs vote for gay marriage

MERIDEN Conservative MP Caroline Spelman and Solihull Liberal Democrat MP Lorely Burt tonight voted in favour of plans to allow gay marriage.

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MP Burt: Clegg needs to change his style

NICK Clegg should place more emphasis on his role as leader of the Liberal Democrats after heaving election defeats, Solihull Lib Dem MP Lorely Burt has said.

MP: university reforms a "reward"

LIBERAL Democrat Solihull MP Lorely Burt has said reforms which saw higher university tuition fees was a “reward” of the coalition Government.

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MP Burt campaigns for vote change

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt was joined by the Liberal Democrat president to campaign for a change in the voting system in the town.

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Solihull MP backs votes for prisoners

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt joined a handful of MPs who yesterday backed votes for prisoners.

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MP: maternity loss a “fait accompli”

PLANS to cut maternity services are a “fait accompli” Solihull MP Lorely Burt has told the Commons in an attack on Prime Minister David Cameron.

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Lib Dem MP abstains on fees vote

LIBERAL Democrat MP Lorely Burt tonight abstained in the vote to raise tuition fees.

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MP likely to abstain on fees vote

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt has said she will probably abstain from Thursday’s Commons vote over raising tuition fees.

She last year opposed any rise to tuition fees but recently backed the policy.

The move would raise the cap on yearly fees from £3,000 to £9,000.

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MPs claimed £5,600

THE MPs for Solihull and Meriden claimed £5,692.40 in expenses in four months, latest figures show.

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MP: Royal rules “sexist and anti-Catholic”

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt hit out at “sexist and anti-Catholic” Royal succession laws as Prince William and Kate Middleton announced their engagement.

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MP Burt: we were wrong to oppose tuition fees

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt said she and Liberal Democrat colleagues were wrong to oppose tuition fees before the election.

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MPs back spending cuts

SOLIHULL and Meriden MPs tonight backed Government spending cuts of £81bn.

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MP warns of 'free-for-all' on tuition fees

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt warned business secretary Vince Cable of a ‘free market free-for-all’ on university tuition fees across the floor of the Commons.

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MP backs new homes for Solihull

SOLIHULL MP Lorely Burt has signalled support for hundreds of new homes in Solihull, saying: “People need homes.”

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MPs claimed almost £45,000

SOLIHULL’S two MPs claimed almost £45,000 in the six months after the expenses scandal broke.

Liberal Democrat Lorely Burt and Conservative Caroline Spelman claimed £44,983.71 in costs including accommodation, council tax, travel and stationary, from June to December.

Solihull MP Mrs Burt claimed the most, £32,301.77.

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Solihull MP re-elected Lib Dem chairman

SOLIHULL MP has been re-elected as the chairman of the Liberal Democrat parliamentary party.

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Solihull MPs hail budget

THE controversial rise in VAT is ‘necessary’ said Conservative and Liberal Democrat MPs who represent the Solihull area.

Tory Caroline Spelman and Lib Dem Lorely Burt backed Tuesday’s budget, which included a 2.5 per cent hike in VAT to 20 per cent.

Mrs Spelman, MP for Meriden, above, said: “This was always going to be an austerity Budget – we have never pretended otherwise.

“The rise in VAT is unavoidable, given the state of the nation’s finances bequeathed to us by Labour, but there are many welcome measures which will benefit the whole country.”

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MP Burt tells party: deal had to be done

SOLIHULL Liberal Democrat MP Lorely Burt told party supporters a deal with the Conservatives had to be done at an emergency conference in her constituency, The Birmingham Mail reports.