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3rd May: Norman intervenes over appalling kerbs in Polegate. More.

3rd May: Norman supports Seaford Head Community College's Free School application to "fill the gap for post-16 education in Seaford and along the coast". More.

3rd May: The 7th of May will mark the 25th anniversary of Norman being elected to office. More.

27th Apr: Norman says Brighton postal chaos must not be repeated in Seaford. More.

26th Apr: Following the recent call from local MP, Norman Baker, for Southern Water and South East Water to enlist local plumbers to initiate a scheme to provide discounts for customers who have leaky taps, Southern Water has confirmed that they are fully on board. More.

10th Apr: Local MP Norman Baker has today written to Southern Water and South East Water to encourage them to tap into local small plumbing businesses to cut water leakage from households' dripping taps. Research from the water efficiency organisation Waterwise has estimated that a dripping tap can waste over 5,500 litres per year - enough to fill up a paddling pool every week for the whole summer. More.

29th Mar: Norman is encouraging schools to apply for funding from a £50million summer schools fund. More.

23rd Mar: Norman announces on behalf of the government a £101 million package of funding to improve buses throughout the country, of which Brighton and Hove Buses will receive nearly £4.5 million. More.

21st Mar: Norman voices the disappointment felt in Newhaven after the High Court today overturned the County Council's decision to register West Beach as a Village Green. More.

16th Mar: Bottled water used in committee rooms in the House of Commons is to be replaced with a trial run of tap water after a long running, and now successful, campaign by Norman. More.

14th Mar: Norman confirms that East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust and Brighton and Sussex University Trust are to receive a £2.2million funding boost between them in public capital across 2011/12 and 2012/13 to improve equipment and services. More.

8th Mar: Norman confirms that Lewes and Kingston will shortly be connected by a new two mile traffic free cycle path. More.

23rd Feb: Norman announces that local teenagers who are not in employment, education or training will benefit from over £1.2 million of support. More.

19th Feb: Norman is calling on local small businesses to help him ensure that banks are held to their word, and that they meet lending targets. More.

19th Feb: Norman secures Lewes Vic signs success: five signs have been erected near Lewes Prison to direct people to the Lewes Victoria Hospital, after Norman successfully lobbied East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust to fund the signs. More.

10th Feb: Norman obtains figures that show apprenticeships in the Lewes constituency are up by 128% for 2010/11, with a rise from 250 to 580. More.

10th Feb: Norman announces a £15million growth package for cycling and walking measures that will support economic growth and help to cut carbon, whilst promoting a healthier lifestyle. More.

2nd Feb: Norman says East Sussex County Council must stand up for Newhaven's residents and say no to Veolia, for once, as they attempt to increase lorry movements on public holidays. More.

1st Feb: Norman says Southern Water must look after their customers, as they announce 8.2% rise in bills. More.

18th Jan: Norman welcomes the news that East Sussex will receive an extra £1,038,818 for social care which will mean that people can leave hospitals earlier and receive better care at home. More.

17th Jan: Norman welcomes the announcement of grants totalling £85000 to Barcombe Energy Group and OVESCO. The LEAF money was announced by the Lib Dem Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Chris Huhne MP, which is available to communities in England and Wales who are playing an active role in the development of a low carbon society, with money available to finance projects that increase understanding and uptake of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies. More.

13th Jan: Norman welcomes the announcement that people living in cold homes in East Sussex will receive £254,000 of extra support as a result of the government's £20million Warm Housing, Healthy People Fund. More.

9th Jan: Norman warns there is a real prospect that both maternity and cardiology services could be lost from Eastbourne's District General Hospital. More.

9th Jan: Norman is today writing to Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman to urge greater government action to curb the excessive use of plastic bags by retailers and to suggest that she might convene a meeting of Chief Executives from the supermarkets to help achieve this. And he is also taking the matter up with the Chief Executive of WH Smith, which he has labelled as one of the worst offenders. More.

6th Jan: Norman will host the first SatNav Summit to tackle traffic that is misdirected as a result of out-of-date SatNavs, calling the Summit "a huge step in the right direction, as opposed to the direction that out-of-date SatNavs can send drivers". More.

4th Jan: Norman has written to the Chief Executive of the RBS Group, Stephen Hester, to urge for the decision to close the NatWest branch on Newhaven High Street to be reversed, and has also written to the Business Minister, Mark Prisk MP, to ask that he looks at this case. More.

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