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Stephen Ladyman Working for South Thanet

Welcome to my website. As well as telling you about my work this web site is designed to give you the opportunity to tell me what you think about the key issues that affect us in South Thanet.

The more you help me by giving me your opinions the more I can shape events in our community in the way that you want. 

 

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  • Jobs in Thanet
    Who will win the Oscars? Avatar, a 3D, science fixation extravaganza that merges real-life actors and animated characters is breaking records at the box office and seems to be the...
  • Council's 'Asset Disposal' Plans
    As we have seen recently, when Thanet Council wants to do something deeply unpopular, which it has absolutely no need to do, it is quick to cover its tracks and...
  • Gazette Article 29th jan - Airport
    With the Council and the owners of Manston Airport in discussion about night flying, now is a good time to find out exactly where the people of Thanet stand...
  • TDC's vision for Thanet
    Thanet Council’s vision for the Island has some good parts and some bad. Its focus on employment is positive but how does that square with the Council’s intention to allow...
  • New Year 2010
    New Year is a time for looking forward to the year ahead. Since I’m a politician and 2010 is an election year it won’t be difficult to work out what...
  • Climate change
    Extra article. w/c 14th December 2009. Stephen Ladyman MP By the time this article is published the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen will be drawing to...
  • Dreamland
    Ladyman’s Thanet We’ve had some great announcements for Thanet in recent days. Top of the list is £3.7m from the Government to help redevelop Dreamland and create a...
  • Live long and prosper
    Did you know, the country with the worst smoking habit is Greece? In 2007 they consumed 8.1 cigarettes per head per day! Spain is ninth and Spaniards smoke 6.1 cigarettes...
  • Extra Article. w/c 2nd November 2009 - Credit Cards
    Many of us live in a plastic world these days. Those credit cards in our wallets or purse can be a convenience when we are out shopping and for some...
  • Extra article 21st September - Recession
    It looks like the recession is coming to an end. Manufacturing confidence is returning, the stock market is rising, property is selling again and slowly but surely the economy is...
  • Gazette 25th September - Human Rights Act
    A constituent stopped me in Ramsgate recently to ask if the Human Rights Act would be looked at again. I was able to reassure him that the workings of the...
  • Extra 7th Sept - GCSEs
    This year more young people than ever before have set themselves on the path to success by getting good GCSE marks. The 2009 GCSE results show record numbers of young...
  • Extra article, w/c 27th July 2009.
    Extra article, w/c 27th July 2009. Stephen Ladyman MP According to opinion polls, crime is a key concern for the public. More than that, the public’s perception is that the...
  • Gazette Article 17th July - Hope for the Future
    Last Friday was Thanet’s day to pinch some ideas from the BBC. In the morning the ‘Education Business Partnership’ organised a version of the ‘Apprentice’ and gave local schools the...
  • GP Service
    Extra article. w/c 13th July 2009. Stephen Ladyman MP People who commute or who work long hours often have difficulty getting access to their doctor without taking time off work....
  • Justice seen to be done
    Justice does not just have to be done, it has to be seen to be done! When people break the law they need to do something to pay back the...
  • NHS improvements
    Regular readers of this column will be familiar with my attempts to convince the public of Thanet that the Government is doing a great job. I faithfully produce a catalogue...
  • My working week
    MPs, even those of us who have not been caught out making creative expense claims, are held in low esteem these days. But before you write us all off, give...
  • Struck a chord
    An article in a recent Daily Mirror struck a chord with me. A journalist called Kevin McGuire pointed out that 4.7 million families receive working tax credits, averaging about £3000...
  • Reasons for Optimism
    As the dust settles after the June 4th election results political debate inevitably returns to the issues that most worry members of the public. While constitutional reform, alternative voting systems...
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