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Yesterday I had the privilege of accompanying a number of colleagues to a reception at Number 10 - hosted by the Prime Minister - to acknowledge the work and endeavour of all the emergency services during the civil disorder last year.

It was a real honour and quite daunting actually for all of us to wander through No 10 - its a place that just oozes history and it was a real pleasure just to chat to colleagues - firefighters, control staff and volunteers - all of whom played their parts in supporting the disorder itself but then the work to return the community to normality as quick as possible.

Putting politics to one side - and I always try to avoid being political - there was a real sense of authenticity in the thanks and appreciation of the PM but also as they 'mingled' the Cabinet - many of whom also attended the reception. Additionally, other MPs were there ( Tony Lloyd from Manchester and Hazel Blears from Salford for example) so it really was cross party. I even managed to chat to Nick Clegg.

If you get chance to catch anyone who attended please do so - but I was really proud of them as ambassadors for all of us.

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