MPs Welcome For Strong Government For Cornwall
Cornwall's five MPs endorsed today's bid for Local Government reform by Cornwall County Council, welcoming it as "A step in the right direction"
23 Jan 2007
Cornwall's five MPs endorsed today's bid for Local Government reform by Cornwall County Council, welcoming it as "A step in the right direction"
Marking the start of their "We Can Cut Crime" campaign, Devon and Cornwall's Liberal Democrat MPs have tabled a Parliamentary motion, criticising the Government for its lack of support given to the region's police force.
The Liberal Democrats have launched the 'We Can Cut Crime' campaign, unveiling five steps to a safer Totnes and Britain. The launch marks the start of a national campaign that will see cutting crime as the centrepiece of the Liberal Democrat run-up to the local elections in May.
Figures issued last week by union GMB show that Scarborough has the 3rd lowest rate of recycling in the region. We are currently and embarrassing 19th out of 21 authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber.
The Primary Care Trust responsible for hospitals ,GPs and Dentists in Scarborough and Whitby is in crisis. For some time now local people have powerlessly watched their health services decline.
The government is wasting £800m a year through errors relating to benefit payments, MPs have warned. The public accounts committee report blamed government leaflets that were "too difficult to understand" for fuelling the number of errors and denying vulnerable people their benefit entitlements.