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Maahwish Mirza

Wixams Hustings 21 June 2024 (l-r) Maahwish Mirza (Labour), Richard Brunning (SDP), Cade Sibley (Green Party), Gareth Mackey (Independent), Dave Holland (Reform UK) and Blake Stephenson (Conservative) Image: LDRS

Mid-Beds candidates rule out second Brexit referendum

There should not be a second EU referendum, the candidates to be Mid Bedfordshire’s next MP have said. But there needs to be better trading agreements with the EU, they added. Earlier this month, when...
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Maahwish Mirza Labour’s Parliamentary Candidate for Mid Bedfordshire Image The Labour Party

I’ll be “committed, active and visible” says Labour’s Mid Bedfordshire candidate

As if to take a pop at the last Tory MP in the constituency, Labour’s candidate for Mid Bedfordshire has promised to be “committed, active, and visible” if she is elected next month. Maahwish Mirza...
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Polling Station church red brick building. Image: Peter Fleming/Adobe Stock

Opinion: Who will the Tories send in to try and take back Mid Bedfordshire?

It's stupid o'clock on a Sunday morning in October 2023, I'm tired, and as my partner and close friends know, I love a lie-in. But there's work to do and the eyes of the world are turned...
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Breaking news: July election confirmed by PM Rishi Sunak

Following months of speculation, the Prime Minister has formally confirmed the date for the next general election. After stating that an election would be called in the "second half of the year", Rishi Sunak held a...
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