Yesterday I secured a promise from Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, that a full Jobcentre Plus service would be kept in Deptford if a suitable building could be found.
 The campaign to get a station built on the East London Line Extension Phase 2 at Surrey Canal Road got another chance today when I persuaded the new Transport Minister, Teresa Villiers to meet with me to discuss the plans.
 On 15 June 2010 I had the pleasure of ‘unveiling’ the solar panels at Edmund Waller School. The panels have been in place since the spring and the school has already saved close to 7 tonnes of CO2.
 I was appalled to learn of the Coalition Government's hypocritical plans to close the Jobcentre Plus on Deptford High Street.
 As a former Labour minister and long-time campaigner for women’s equality, I would like to give my support to Harriet Harman’s call for a 50:50 split of women and men in the Shadow Cabinet.
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