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We include the areas of Stamford Bridge, Pocklington, Market Weighton, Driffield, Bridlington and all the villages inbetween. Our area now also includes 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 CHAOS ON CUTS Labour are in chaos on cuts. Treasury Ministers say there will be “extremely painful” cuts under Labour, but Gordon Brown says spending will carry on rising. Treasury figures already imply 17% cuts in non-protected departments under Labour, but Gordon Brown keeps adding new protected areas without saying where the money is coming from. The National Audit Office say that Labour’s defence plans are already “unaffordable”, and Defence Minister Bob Ainsworth has announced defence cuts, but Gordon Brown is still promising more spending on defence. If Labour are now protecting defence spending then cuts in other departments will be more than 20%. Ed Balls says education spending will carry on rising, but Alistair Darling claims he has only protected “front line” schools spending. Peter Mandelson says you can't make cuts this year but is cutting more than £300 million from his own Department this year. Alistair Darling and Gordon Brown disagree over what to do if growth is stronger than expected – Darling says he wants to cut the deficit but Brown says he wants more spending. Today Peter Mandelson couldn’t decide whether to attack the Conservatives for cutting too soon or for cutting too little. Perhaps he should spend more time filling the vacuum at the heart of Labour policy. A Treasury Minister admitted that “what we are proposing is going to be extremely painful.” (Ian Pearson, Telegraph, 20 January 2010) Gordon Brown continues to claim public spending will rise: “public expenditure will only grow by 0.8% in real terms each year” (Gordon Brown, Andrew Marr Show, 3 January 2010) David Cameron said: ‘Dealing with this deficit is not an alternative to economic growth - the two go hand in hand. If investors see that there is no will at the top of government to get a grip on our public finances, they are going to seriously doubt our country's creditworthiness.’ (David Cameron, Speech, 23 November 2009) 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.
'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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