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We include the areas of Stamford Bridge, Pocklington, Market Weighton, Driffield, Bridlington and all the villages inbetween. From 2008 our area will also include the village of Brandesburton.
NOW DOCTORS ATTACK NHS REFORMS The British Medical Association has joined attacks on the Labour government and unelected NHS bureaucrats over their 'dogmatic' reforms and 'sledgehammer' tactics. The BMA is calling on the government to change tack and instead work with doctors for the benefit of the NHS. This new 2009 criticism comes in the wake of health managers in Scarborough earlier downgrading services at Bridlington Hospital, despite massive public opposition to their plans from our MP, the public and many local doctors.
MAIN CONTACTS. TO JOIN THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY in East Yorkshire please telephone us on Tel: 01377 232757 or e-mail for details to: .eycca@btconnect.com You can also download a Membership Form. TO CONTACT YOUR EAST RIDING COUNCILLOR, send an e-mail to: Conservative.Group@eastriding.gov.uk adding your home address. TO CONTACT YOUR MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT, please write to: The Rt Hon Greg Knight MP, House of Commons, Westminster SW1A 0AA. Or e-mail Greg at: secretary@gregknight.com If sending an e-mail please add your home address. If you have a question or a problem which concerns a planning issue, you should contact your local councillor as planning decisions have been devolved by Parliament to the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. Decisions are therefore taken by the Council's Planning Committee and not by your MP.
________________ ASSOCIATION CHAIRMAN Cllr Geoff Pickering
MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT The Rt Hon Greg Knight MP.
If you live in the Driffield area, you can see the latest news from the Driffield Conservative branch at: driffieldintouch.com
* * * * * "No government can run businesses and create wealth. What governments can do is create the best possible conditions for wealth creation. So I believe the next Conservative government should set itself a simple economic objective: to make Britain the best place in the world to do business." David Cameron MP, Speech to the Centre for Policy Studies.
Conservatives believe in: Making our economy more competitive - Improving our quality of life - Public service improvement - Protecting our security
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LABOUR ATTACK ON BRITAIN's PENSIONERS Labour want to cut Disability Living Allowance and Attendance Allowance for over 65s, wrecking their chances of living independently. 2.4 million elderly people need support to cope with a physical or mental disability. These people rely on disability benefits - a third of them through the Disability Living Allowance for over 65s, and two thirds of them through the Attendance Allowance. East Yorkshire MP Greg Knight said: 'Labour want to cut these benefits, wrecking the chances of many people to live independently and have the freedom to tailor their care to their needs.' 'Those over 65 who claim Disability Living Allowance currently get an average of £75 every week, and those who receive Attendance Allowance get an average of £60. This compares to an average pensioner’s income of around £250 a week. 'Labour's plans mean that some of the most vulnerable pensioners in our country could lose around a quarter of their income - amounting to a loss of around £8 billion a year.' Mr Knight added. These cuts are unfair, unwise and unwanted.
'WE WILL CUT RED TAPE' - CLARKE Ken Clarke has announced far-reaching and ambitious plans for reducing the regulatory burden on businesses. The Shadow Business Secretary said the proposals would get rid of a "millstone around Britain's neck" that is stifling our economic recovery and playing havoc with our public services. He pledged to introduce the "right kind of regulation", and said that the Conservatives will: · Introduce a powerful new ‘star chamber’, chaired by Ken, which will enforce a stringent ‘one in – one out’ requirement where any new law must include cuts in old laws which, together, produce a net 5% reduction in the regulatory burden; · Allow the public to nominate unpopular regulations to be reviewed by Parliament; · Add a ‘sunset clause’ to all regulators and regulatory quangos; · Strengthen Parliamentary accountability of regulators and inspectorates; · Publish detailed information about the expenditure and outcomes achieved by local councils, so that the public can see if their council is delivering value for money; · Curb the powers of intrusive inspectors by allowing firms to arrange their own, externally audited inspections and, providing they pass, to refuse entry to official inspectors thereafter; and Speaking at the October 2009 Conservative Conference, Ken said that people should be given the responsibility to make judgements and not forced to "tick boxes and fill in endless forms", and he added: “Under a Labour Government the regulatory burden has got out of control – costing more than £77 billion at the last count. It’s high time the Government got off people’s backs and started helping them instead. These new policies are the biggest and most serious attempt to lighten the load and I hope they're the spark that lights the bonfire of red tape." GEORGE SETS OUT REFORM PLANS Conservative Shadow Chancellor George Osborne has laid out the Conservative plan to get Britain back on track. Mr Osborne explained that his proposals would repair the foundations of the British economy, and contrasted the Conservative approach with Labour's plans of more government spending and debt-fuelled consumption. Explaining that serious reform would be required, George outlined the key components of our strategy: " Fiscal responsibility - because irresponsible fiscal policy puts low interest rates at risk " A comprehensive programme of supply side reform - to equip our economy for the opportunities that any global recovery will bring He also pointed to other economic proposals, which he described as being as radical as the programme that restored the UK's economic competitiveness in the 1980s and 1990s: " Lower corporation tax rates and a simpler tax system " More private investment in infrastructure and other long term productive assets such as high speed rail and smart energy networks " Regulatory reform to create a financial system that serves the long term interests of the economy, not its own short term interests George said these Conservative proposals would send a powerful sign that Britain is "once again open for business" and ready to take full advantage of the opportunities for investment and new markets offered by the global recovery, when it arrives
'INCAPABILITY BROWN' - The Man Who Came to Dither. Latest opinion polls show that a growing number of people are supporting calls by David Cameron for an early General Election. The support for an early poll comes after a banking whistleblower whose revelations forced the resignation of a senior Government adviser, has called for Prime Minister Gordon Brown to go for his part in creating the financial crisis. Paul Moore, who was sacked after raising concerns over excessive risk-taking at HBOS, said Mr Brown should be "held accountable for his failure to oversee the stability of the country". Following his explosive evidence to the Commons Treasury Committee last week, Mr Moore said he is planning to send the MPs a further dossier of 30 documents which will point the finger of blame for the bust at Mr Brown. Brown has failed to apologise for his part in the crisis.
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