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Design a Christmas Card
Matthew Barber Matthew Barber

Design a Christmas Card

Entries are now open for my 2025 Christmas Card competition. Unleash your child’s creativity to create the best design across Thames Valley.

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Is the government having an identity crisis?
Westminster Matthew Barber Westminster Matthew Barber

Is the government having an identity crisis?

The principle of a more joined up, efficient government is one I whole-heartedly support. Yet a compulsory ID scheme, intended more to get the government out of a difficult situation than solve any real problems will only cost us all more, whilst making the way we live our lives in this country just that little bit worse.

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The loophole in the Government’s drink-spiking law
Crimefighters Matthew Barber Crimefighters Matthew Barber

The loophole in the Government’s drink-spiking law

Spiking - giving someone drink or drugs without their consent - is an awful crime. In the worst cases we know that it can kill, and sadly it is a tactic we know some criminals will use to rape or sexually assault their victims.

There is a BIG problem with the new law the Government is trying to pass to deal with this. A problem that could mean that some people could get away with it.

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