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Chris opposed building on greenbelt land in Oldland Common
Hundreds of new homes could be built on the edge of Oldland Common as developers move into protected green belt that campaigners are trying to save...
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We need more time to study housing plans
Campaigners are calling for the consultation period over plans for major housing development to be extended after a delay in the sending out of documents to local councils...
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City children let down by education system, says would-be MP
Thousands of school children in Bristol have been let down by Labour's education system, a study claims...
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One million pupils 'failed by Labour exam policy'
An 'entire generation' of school children has been let down by the Labour government, a new study has claimed. The report, by the Bow Group, reveals that almost a million teenagers failed to achieve...
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One in six 'leaving without basic GCSEs'
An "entire generation" of children has been failed by the Labour Government, a study claims today, as it discloses that rising numbers of children are leaving school without five basic GCSEs...
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The failed generation: A million teenagers lack basic skills after they were 'let down by the Government'
An "entire generation" of schoolchildren has been let down by the Labour government, a new study claims.
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Labour accused of failing a generation in schools
An "entire generation" of schoolchildren have been failed by Labour's education system, a new study by a think tank claims...
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Chris' report that 40,000 households at risk from the credit crunch
Nearly 40,000 Bristol fami-lies are so deep in debt they face having their homes repo-ssessed, it has been claimed.New figures show people in the south of the city are in the biggest trouble...
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March to save Kingswood Post Office in the Evening Post
Hundreds of protesters took to the streets to vent their anger at the threatened closure of local post offices...
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Chris puts pressure on Kingswood MP to support his local post office
Kingswood Mp Roger Berry is being urged to sign an Early Day Motion opposing the post office closure programme.Chris Skidmore, the Conservative parliamentary candidate for the district has urged him to back the motion calling for a halt to the closure programme...
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Chris' selection as the prospective MP for Kingswood in the Evening Post
The next Tory parliamentary hopeful for Kingswood has been chosen in an American-style primary election.Former Western Daily Press journalist Chris Skidmore, who grew up in Longwell Green and Bitton, beat UWE lecturer Adeela Shafi, Londoner John Moss and disabled rights campaigner Karen Robson, from Wales...
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Chris and Charlotte Leslie's report on the welfare of pupils with Special Educational Needs covered by the Observer
Parents whose children have special needs such as dyslexia or Asperger's syndrome have been giving up holidays, meals out and new clothes to fund costly private education following an 'exodus' from state schools...
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'We must bridge the learning gap': Chris writes for the Daily Telegraph on how to tackle school dropouts
The story is a familiar one. Every year, on one morning in mid-August, hundreds of thousands of 16-year-olds receive their GCSE results...
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Chris' report on boy's poor achievement in school in the Daily Telegraph
Boys at every stage of education are showing "shocking" levels of underachievement, according to a report published today...
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Chris on the 'death of discipline' among boys in school in the Daily Mail
The failure of teenage boys in school has reached crisis point - with tens of thousands going off the rails, a report has warned...
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Chris' report on ethnic minority achievement at GCSE in the Independent
The performance of Irish traveller and Roma pupils at school has slumped alarmingly in the past five years...
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Chris on how 100,000 pupils leave school with no qualifications or drop out entirely in the Observer
When Kim Page turned 14 she met an older crowd. Tempted by a lifestyle hanging around the local park, pubs and clubs, she soon lost interest in her family and school friends. Late nights made the mornings difficult for Kim, now 18...
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The Invisible Children report in the Daily Mail
Up to 100,000 teenagers have vanished from schools and risk drifting into a life of crime....
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