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Doncaster
has become a boom town
under Labour – says Blears
October 2006
The Labour Party Chair, the Rt Hon
Hazel Blears, has declared Doncaster a modern boom town.
Speaking to the Don Valley Labour
Party Annual Dinner, Ms Blears said: "Nine years
ago, if we had said that unemployment in Doncaster would
be almost halved, and we would see two new bridges across
the Don, a new further education college Hub, a new
Transport Interchange and Doncaster Racecourse undergoing
a transformation, we would have been accused of spin.
"But I am genuinely excited by
what I have seen during my visit to Doncaster. The airport
has created nearly 1,000 new jobs in just over a year
and several of its business parks are not even built.
"I am particularly impressed
that unemployment in Don Valley is now below the national
average. That is extraordinary. This constituency and
the borough are a credit to the North."
Said Labour Chair, Roni Chapman: "What
has been great about Hazel Blears' visit is that we
haven't had to persuade her that Doncaster is changing
for the better; we simply said 'See for yourself'."
Said Caroline Flint: "This is
what happens when a Government puts its weight behind
Labour MPs and Labour councillors who are working to
attract new jobs and improve our public services. I
want to bring more Cabinet members to see what Doncaster
is becoming."
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