Archive for March, 2010

Britain’s leading tax experts at the Institute Of Fiscal Studies have attacked Tory National Insurance plans, I quote

By cutting spending next year and delivering the tax cut a year later the Conservative proposal would take additional spending power out of the economy for a year at a time at which the recovery is likely to be at its most fragile.

Just goes to prove what an incompetent lot Cameron’s Tories really are.

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Yesterday myself and Councillor Tony Smith had the pleasure of attending the inaugural meeting of the Norwich Drive Residents Association, which was facilitated by the Overchurch Residents Association at the request of Norwich Drive Residents.

The meeting was a great success and there was no shortage of volunteers to take up all the positions on the committee, a very good sign indeed.

At the meeting several issues were raised which will be dealt with by Cllr Tony Smith.

We wish the Association every success and we look forward to working closely with residents to help ensure that success.

Whilst out on the campaign trail with the team last week, we came across members of Woodchurch T.R.U.S.T landscaping Ackers Road Roundabout.

Building on the success of similar work carried out on Houghton Road Roundabout last year, for which Woodchurch T.R.U.S.T were awarded a merit at the Britain In Bloom competition, Ackers Road Roundabout promises to even better.

Woodchurch T.R.U.S.T also set up a stall, and by all accounts was successful in attracting several new members, so all in all a successful day for all.

Last Friday I had the pleasure of attending a question and answer session with Home Secretary Alan Johnson, which was in Liverpool.

The session was well attended by a cross-section of the Merseyside community, including some children from a local primary school one of whom got to ask a question which was about Kensington Neighbourhood Wardens.

There was anger at the ‘Broken Britain’ rhetoric the Tories are constantly using that is talking down our communities. Such is the Tories desperation, they are even prepared to manipulate crime figures for their own political ends.

Of course reality tells a different story, for instance in Upton Ward according to figures published by Merseyside Police crime is down by 16% and violent crime is down by 24% both compared to the same period last year.

Of course we mustn’t take our eye off the ball and we also acknowledge that a single criminal act or instance of anti social behaviour is a 100% crime statistic for the victim. But the fall in crime proves that Neighbourhood Policing and other Labour policies are making our communities safer.