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		<title>The Government&#8217;s business strategy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hewish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government recently announced a number of policies to help British businesses. They have launched the updated and overhauled businesslink.gov.uk website. This is now the primary gateway for businesses, of whatever scale, seeking support and information from the Government. It’s backed by a new telephone contact centre and many thousands of new business mentors. They ]]></description>
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		<title>A well-attended EU Fresh Start meeting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just attended the inaugral AGM of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for EU reform, which was well attended by colleagues from across the range of opinion, all concerned about the effect of EU regulation on jobs and the economy. I asked that we consider democracy and the classical rule of law as the subtext to ]]></description>
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		<title>Three economic dragons and a three-pronged plan</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/10/three-dragons/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 09:26:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via Future Conservatism &#124; Conservative Home. The three economic dragons: Britain faces much more than a debt challenge. Through no fault of their own Cameron and Osborne have inherited three historic economic challenges: massive levels of personal and government debt; the Eurozone crisis; and the long-term rise of China, India and other emerging economies. Taken ]]></description>
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		<title>Give the Games industry a (tax) break</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2011/08/give-the-games-industry-a-tax-break/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 07:34:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tim Hewish</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NB: this post is by Tim Hewish, my Parliamentary Assistant, and the views expressed are his own. Jim McGovern, Labour MP for Dundee, called a Westminster Hall debate to address the growing disparity between the UK and other nations on the latter’s favourable tax credits towards the video games industry. The UK has a long ]]></description>
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		<title>The State Opening of Parliament</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/05/the-state-opening-of-parliament/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 12:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I found myself standing by the exit into the aye lobby for the state opening of Parliament. The text of the Queen&#8217;s Speech, for which I was lucky to be able to enter the House of Lords, may be found here: The Queen, seated on the Throne and attended by Her Officers of State, ]]></description>
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		<title>A contract between the Conservative Party and you</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2010/05/a-contract/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 May 2010 08:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via The Conservative Party &#124; Policy &#124; Our Contract With You: We go into the general election on 6 May with trust in politics and politicians at an all-time low. And I can understand why: the years of broken promises, the expenses scandal, the feeling that politicians have become too remote from the people – they’ve ]]></description>
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		<title>The economy not Europe is my priority, says David Cameron</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/11/the-economy-not-europe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Via The Telegraph: David Cameron, the Conservative leader, has pleaded with his MPs and voters to allow him to concentrate on fixing the fragile British economy if he becomes Prime Minister rather than having “a massive Euro bust up” over the Lisbon Treaty. Many of us with an international perspective on human cooperation have strong, ]]></description>
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		<title>George Osborne: A different vision for our economy</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2009/03/george-osborne-a-different-vision-for-our-economy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 13:24:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Baker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Osborne has stressed that Britain needs to move from an economy built on debt to one “powered by savings and real returns on effort”. &#8230; “With reform we can not only live within our means, we can start to tackle Britain’s long standing social problems of welfare dependency, educational under-achievement, crime and persistent poverty. ]]></description>
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		<title>Cameron: put the economic choice in the hands of the people</title>
		<link>http://www.stevebaker.info/2008/12/cameron-put-the-economic-choice-in-the-hands-of-the-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:31:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hope of avoiding crushing debt and of fixing our society: David Cameron has called on the Prime Minister to call an election and let the people of Britain decide what we want for our economy. Speaking at the London School of Economics, David spoke about the “clear choice that is emerging in British politics” ]]></description>
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