Oddy to back lobby.FORMER Coventry Coventry, city, EnglandCoventry (kŏv`əntrē, kŭv`–), city (1991 pop. 318,718) and metropolitan district, central England. Coventry is an industrial center noted for its automobile production. Euro MP Christine Oddy is backing a lobby of the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth Bournemouth (bôrn`məth), city (1991 pop. 142,849) and district, Dorset, S central England, on Poole Bay. It has grown since the middle of the 19th cent. to call for an increase in the minimum wage to pounds 5 an hour. Ms Oddy also wants to see the link between wages and pensions restored and an end to private finance initiatives. A number of local campaigners, unhappy with Labour's mid-term record, are set to travel down to the conference on Sunday Sunday: see Sabbath; week. , September 26, to lobby the government. Ms Oddy said: "There was a great feeling of hope when Labour was elected to power in May 1997. The government is now half way through its term of office and people are increasingly feeling there's been no change in policy and the weak and disadvantaged This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. are as ignored as ever. "This campaign aims to make the government realise is it is losing people's goodwill." |
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