Financial Times: Minister of State Theresa Villiers spurns Derby for Friern Barnet

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"The government has risked a fresh fight with Derby after Theresa Villiers, rail minister, pulled out of a rail conference in the city at short notice to attend to constituency matters.

"Her Constituency Office said:

“The Hemington Avenue planning case is very controversial locally, and Theresa has been contacted by a large number of constituents about this issue. Having campaigned against so called ‘garden grabbing’ for many years, Theresa feels it is vitally important that she is present at the appeal hearing to support her constituents.”