One year on: the Coalition has made mistakes, says MP
Thursday, 19 May 2011
John Pugh gives his thoughts on the Coalition in an interview with the Southport Visiter.
MP comments on local election results
Monday, 09 May 2011
"The Liberal Democrats again won the most votes and the most seats in Southport in what was for the party in the nation at large its worst performance for over 20 years. It's a credit to hard-working local candidates and to the good judgement of the Southport people that any errors made by the national government in difficult circumstances did not unduly impact on the election outcome in Southport.
MP critical of AV campaigns
Wednesday, 04 May 2011
SOUTHPORT MP John Pugh condemned both the 'Yes' and 'No' campaigns ahead of tomorrow’s referendum on changing the way our politicians are elected. Read more in the Southport Visiter.
Pugh urges Government to expand railways
Wednesday, 27 April 2011
In a debate at Westminster today (27th April), John Pugh urged the "Government to be bold...and to put down a piece of rail that had not previously been there - as happens in other countries...At the moment, we have no such practice or history to look at. We know about bypasses and what happens as a result of them, but we have no idea whether restoring the Todmorden, Halton or Burscough curves will involve either the impact that the promoters believe, or some of the costs that the Government fear." Watch the debate here. Read it here.
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