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MP's pay, acadamies & job applications

The public is asked to comment on how much MP's are paid, there's a debate on whether acadamies are a good thing, and Stuart has a rant about job applicants receiving no feedback.

Stuart talks to Kettering Conservative MP Phillip Hollobone about plans to ask the public to comment on MP's pay, pensions & expenses.

As a debate is held in Wellingborough about who should run our schools, former head teacher Graham Ridge discusses the plusses and minuses of Acadamies with Wendy Marshall, the Chief Executive of the David Ross Education Trust.

Julie Nesbitt, Chairman of the Police Constable's Committee of the Police Federation and Roy Wollascroft from the Northamptonshire Police Federation talk to Stuart about the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Secretary's appearance at their conference.

With the latest unemployment figures being published Stuart talks to 24 year old Artee Patel from Daventry, who has two degrees and has been looking for work for 18 months. She has applied for 350 jobs in that time, which has resulted in just 4 interviews.

Graham Barker, the Chairman of Butcher'S Pet Care at Crick and Wayne Mumford, a former professional footballer who now runs a company supplying kit to Northampton Saints and the Marussia F1 team at Silverstone, talk to Stuart about the success of their businesses.

Plus Northamptonshire cricketer Jack Brooks on the West Indies, local WI's prepare for the Diamond Jubilee "Battle of the Battenburgs" and 100 years of the Wildlife Trust.

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  • Wed 16 May 2012 06:00

World War One At Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ

Discover incredible stories about life in Northamptonshire during WW1