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Is There A Split In The Conservative Group On Wirral Borough Council?

Posted on November 25, 2009

Last week I posted about Wirral Borough Council’s attendance at Expo 2010 in Shanghai, in that post I mentioned the opposition of Wirral Tories to Wirral’s attendance.

Subsequent to that post an article has appeared on the Wirral News website from which I quote

But while Conservative leader, Cllr Jeff Green is said to be broadly supportive, his colleague Cllr Chris Blakeley says “if Peel want council officers there, they should pay the bill”.

Not only is it Cllr Chris Blakeley who is opposed to Officers of Wirral Borough Council attending Expo 2010 to sell Wirral on the World Stage, but at least two other Wirral Conservative Councillors have voiced their objections on their respective websites.

Is this further proof that Wirral Conservatives are not fit to manage a smile let alone run the Authority?


The IMF Praises Gordon Brown And Backs Labour On The Economy

Posted on November 23, 2009

Many Tories have since the financial crisis started predicted that Labour will eventually have to go running cap in hand to the IMF.

Again like everything else the facts prove that even in opposition how far out of their depth the Tories really are.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn who is the Managing Director of the IMF has been speaking at the annual CBI conference where he said that the “World owed a debt of gratitude to Gordon Brown”, he also backed Gordon Brown’s fiscal stimulus and warned that withdrawing the stimulus too early would be costlier than withdrawing it too late.

Compare that with the approach of David Cameron and the Tories who have promised an emergency budget within 50 days of winning the General Election so they can enact George Osborne’s ‘Age Of Austerity’ which really means savage cuts in the services that millions of ordinary rely upon, the banner below from Conservative Home says it all really

 

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More evidence that the Tories can’t be trusted to manage a smile let alone be put in a position of power.


The Tories Exposed Again On Sure Start

Posted on November 23, 2009

On one of the Wirral Tory websites it is claimed that there are secrets plans by the Labour led Council to slash funding for Sure Start by £300,000.  This is nonsense as the Tories well know, the facts are

  • No Sure Start Service Has Been Cut.
  • The £300,000 Funding Is Not Required By Sure Start In This Financial Year.
  • Additionally The £300,000 In Question Is Being Diverted To Other Services For Children Aged 0-5.

For all the promises by the Tories to protect Sure Start (don’t forget David Cameron’s ‘Cast Iron Guarantee’ over the Lisbon Treaty) Lets not forget that prior the Labour Government being elected in 1997, there was no Sure Start. It was Labour who had the vision to create Sure Start, which was opposed by the Tories.

Maybe the reason the Tories are peddling this misinformation is because of the by-election in Moreton later this week, or could it be that because in the polls support for the Tories is dropping (7 point drop last week alone) the Tories feel they need top adopt these scare tactics. The disgusting thing is the upset caused to mums, dads and the children who use these centres totally unnecessarily.


Its The Tories That Have Been Dumbed Down Not Our Education System

Posted on November 20, 2009

Important Benefit Changes Are You Entitled To Extra Help?

Posted on November 15, 2009

Pensioners and also residents in Wirral who receive Child Benefit may be entitled to more Housing or Council Tax Benefit due to changes which came into effect this month.

From this month Wirral Borough Council will ignore up to £10,000 of capital held by pensioners when processing applications for Housing or Council Tax Benefit. Additionally the Council will no longer consider Child Benefit as income when people apply for assistance. This means that some residents who did not previously qualify because of their income may well now be entitled to extra help.

To check as to whether or not you may be now entitled to help with your rent or Council Tax, you will need to fill out an application form which can be obtained by either visiting any One Stop Shop, phoning the call centre on 606 2002 or by logging onto the benefits section of the Council’s website

Another example of the Labour Government giving real assistance to help people through the recession as opposed to the do nothing Tories who would let the recession take its course.


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