Chris Huhne MP

The Conservative party chairperson Baroness Warsi has indicated that the Conservatives may not be contesting Eastleigh in a bid to unseat MP Chris Huhne at the next General Election. Both Chris Huhne the Energy minister and Baroness Warsi were attending a press conference called by the coalition to attack the Labour Party’s record in...
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Eastleigh council have withdrawn their support of free swimming for under 16′s and over 60 year olds since last Monday. Meanwhile Eastleigh News has learned that Leisure Centre bosses at council owned Fleming Park have sent a mail shot to all the over 60 year olds who had signed up for free unlimited swimming...
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Labour party big hitters were out and about in Eastleigh last weekend as four of the five rivals for the party leadership visited the town accompanied by Southampton Labour MP’s John Denham and Alan Whitehead Ed Balls, Andy Burnham and both the Miliband brothers Ed and Dave put aside their rivalries to spread the...
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There is some good news for Eastleigh job seekers. The Towns MP – Chris Huhne- is seeking a speechwriter to work on his speeches as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change. Despite aggressive cost cutting by the new coalition the post will pay up to £56,000 p.a. Although the vacancy is open...
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Eastleigh shoppers may have noticed a familiar face staring down at them from the town’s newsagent shelves. Chris Huhne (for it is he) has entered the political gallery of fame which is the front page of satirical weekly ‘Private Eye’. This weeks front cover shows Mr Huhne apparently being congratulated by fellow pancake catcher...
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Eastleigh’s MP, Chris Huhne, has defended the government’s plans to raise VAT to 20 % while speaking in Parliament during the budget debate. Facing criticism from the Labour benches the Energy secretary denied that his party has performed a U turn on VAT and spending cuts claiming the facts had changed since the election*...
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Eastleigh has been rocked by the news that the towns newly re-elected MP and government front bencher Chris Huhne is to leave his wife of 26 years, the Greek born economist Vicky Pryce for his former campaign press officer Carina Trimmingham. The News of the World has reported Mr Huhne as saying “I am...
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Campaigners in Botley opposed to the building of 6000 new homes may soon have cause to celebrate . The new communities secretary, Eric Pickles, has written to all local authorities telling them the coalition government will be abolishing regional house building targets. “The previous government gave a green light for the destruction of the...
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Eastleigh residents face the risk of flooding unless remedial work is undertaken to counteract the erosion of the Monks Brook riverbank. That’s the stark warning from Sam Snook , a local environmental campaigner who claims that recent housing developments at Valley Park and the Pirelli site – and the office complexes at the top...
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Eastleigh’s liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne – the newly promoted energy secretary in the coalition cabinet – has indicated he is happy with the government’s approach to issue of Human Rights despite having been widely reported in the press as saying that he would resign if the Human Rights act were to be repealed....
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