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Conservatives Confirm Plans to Cut Funding to Public Services by 10%
Daily Mail, 10 June 2009
Last month, the Labour government opened the 3000th Surestart centre, which provide support to parents and a healthy and educational play environment for children. The Tories voted against Surestart. They have always voted against them. Now George Osbourne says he won't maintain funding for Surestart if the Conservatives win the next election.
We have five Surestart centres in the Warwick and Leamington area. If the Tories cut the Surestart budget, how many of our local centres will have to close? How many local children and parents will lose out?
Opening Telford School's Butterfly Garden 15/05/09 - I was delighted to be invited to officially open Telford School's new butterfly garden on Friday. The garden was the initiative of a parent, and has taken 18 months to create with...
Welcoming our Troops to Warwickshire 02/05/09 - I was honoured to be asked to inspect the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers at their homecoming parade in Leamington Spa. Afterwards I chatted with the troops about their experiences and thanked them for...
MYP Visits Westminster 28/01/09 - Today I welcomed Warwickshire's Member of Youth Parliament, Ben Wesson, to Westminster. Ben had been short-listed to receive the UK Youth Parliament Award for Campaigning, and I congratulated him on his achievement. Ben...
Immigration-The Facts Immigration has benefitted the UK economy for decades, but I know it is one of people's top concerns - particularly as we face a global...
Heathrow and the Future of British Transport 25/01/09 - Last week MPs in Parliament voted in approval of plans to improve capacity at Heathrow Airport. It is now up to an independent...
The Choice: Take Action or Do Nothing 15/01/09 - The global downturn poses a stark choice for governments: do nothing and let the markets sort themselves out. Or take action, invest now...
Raised the pension by £60 – the Conservatives opposed it
Raised Child Benefit to £20 per week – the Conservatives opposed it
Increased Child Tax Credit by £75 – the Conservatives opposed it
Given a £145 tax refund to all basic ratepayers – the Conservatives opposed it
Cut VAT, giving each family an extra £5 per week – the Conservatives opposed it
Raised Tax Allowances in April – the Conservatives oppose it
Guaranteed no tax increases for low earners – the Conservatives opposed it
Rather than investing now to protect our economy, David Cameron’s Conservatives have pledged to cut public spending by 1%. No other government in the world believes this is a good idea. Click HERE to see what this would mean in real terms.
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15/05/09 - I was delighted to be invited to officially open Telford School's new butterfly garden on Friday. The garden was the initiative of a parent, and has taken 18 months to create with...
02/05/09 - I was honoured to be asked to inspect the 1st Battalion Royal Fusiliers at their homecoming parade in Leamington Spa. Afterwards I chatted with the troops about their experiences and thanked them for...
28/01/09 - Today I welcomed Warwickshire's Member of Youth Parliament, Ben Wesson, to Westminster. Ben had been short-listed to receive the UK Youth Parliament Award for Campaigning, and I congratulated him on his achievement. Ben...
Immigration has benefitted the UK economy for decades, but I know it is one of people's top concerns - particularly as we face a global...
29/04/09 - You may have seen in the news that there was a vote in the House of Commons on the rights of Gurkhas...
25/01/09 - Last week MPs in Parliament voted in approval of plans to improve capacity at Heathrow Airport. It is now up to an independent...
15/01/09 - The global downturn poses a stark choice for governments: do nothing and let the markets sort themselves out. Or take action, invest now...
