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The Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and Space, Dr Jitendra Singh laid the foundation stone of 10 KW FM Radio Station at Malhar village in Udhampur district, Jammu today. Shri Pawan Gupta, MLA Udhampur was also present on the occasion.
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Jeremy
Corbyn, Leader of the Labour Party, responding to Theresa May’s speech in
Downing Street, said:
“Theresa
May is playing party games with Brexit in the hope of winning advantage for the
Tories in the General Election.
“By
winding up the public confrontation with Brussels, the Prime Minister wants to
wrap the Conservative party in the Union Jack and distract attention from her
government’s economic failure and rundown of our public services.
“But
Brexit is too important to be used as a political game in this election.
“These
are vital negotiations for every person in Britain and for the future of our
country. But Theresa May is putting party interest ahead of the national
interest.
“The
Prime Minister is right that there are those in Brussels who don’t want a deal.
But that is also true of leading figures in the Tory party, who want to use
Brexit to turn Britain into a low wage tax haven.
“The
Prime Minister says that no deal would lead to a different economic model for
Britain.
“In
plain terms, that means wiping out employment rights and consumer protections
and giving still more tax breaks to the rich and big corporations.
“That’s
the threat and the risk that comes from this Tory Government.
“Only
Labour can be trusted to negotiate a Brexit deal that puts jobs and living
standards first. Labour will negotiate a Brexit for the many not the few.”
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Your team of SNP MPs have been a strong voice for Scotland, standing against Tory cuts.
Not only have they been the real opposition at Westminster but they cost less than the Labour and Liberal Democrat MPs they replaced.
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3 May 2017 – The head of the United Nations emergency food relief agency today appealed for “regular, unimpeded and sustained” humanitarian access during meetings with senior government officials and partners in Lebanon and Syria – his first official visit since assuming office.
David Beasley, the Executive Director of the UN World Food Programme (WFP) today wrapped up a three-day trip to the two countries to assess the growing needs. According to a press release, he spoke first-hand with Syrian refugee families in the Bekaa Valley and Beirut, and met with displaced women and children at a WFP distribution centre in Damascus.
“I am touched by the stories of the struggle and resilience of the many Syrians I met who are living away from home and loved ones,” Mr. Beasley said.
The UN agency provides monthly life-saving food assistance to more than four million vulnerable people each month inside Syria through regular deliveries as well as cross-border, cross-line and air deliveries to areas not reachable through regular means.
“In his meetings, Beasley appealed for regular, unimpeded and sustained humanitarian access to deliver urgently needed food assistance to people in besieged and hard-to-reach areas across war-torn Syria,” WFP reported.
He also commended Lebanon for its generosity in hosting over one million Syrian refugees.
During the trip, Mr. Beasley also visited warehouses, food distribution centres and WPF-contracted supermarkets where some of the most vulnerable refugees redeem monthly electronic vouchers.
In Lebanon, almost 700,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees receive food assistance through an electronic voucher (e-card) system. The e-cards are replenished each month with $27 per person, which can be used to buy food at one of 480 WFP-contracted shops across Lebanon.