It has often been said that the contrast between the main two political parties is one which shows a divide over whether active measures should be taken to help citizens deal with the recession; to paraphrase the Prime Minister, ‘Real help now’ vs ‘Do nothing’. It is a comparison which, while simplistic, I feel has broadly been true. The Conservatives might care about the deficit, but they don’t seem to worry about the long-term health of small businesses who depend on spending, or the individuals who they employ.
Unemployment over 50% lower under Labour
This morning the Labour Party have launched a website detailing the difference between unemployment under Conservative policies in the 1980s and unemployment under Labour’s policies now. Unemployment is over 50% lower in Woking under Labour’s fiscal stimulus than it was under a sustained regime of Tory spending cuts and privatisation. This is despite us currently enduring a global financial catastrophe.
So today it is announced that the banks have once again decided to pay out massive bonuses, this time in the order of 40 billion (!) pounds.
Cue widespread media attacks on Labour’s windfall tax on banker’s bonuses. The papers seem to be coming from the angle that the tax has somehow failed. “The banks still [...]
A quick message from National Policy Forum rep Martin Phillips:
Dear friend,
I just want to pass on a brief message to you about a new scheme I am supporting here in Surrey. I hope you don’t mind. If you do, please blame me rather than Surrey Save!
SurreySave is a new credit union for Surrey. I hope [...]
Surrey has managed to grit the major roads, but many areas are now beginning to see their footpaths freezing over with dangerous packed ice.
As the forecasters are saying that the current cold snap will last for some weeks, it would have been prudent to grit them. Instead, the County Council has run out of grit, [...]
Surrey snow: “Major incident”
Surrey is currently under about 30 centimetres of what is referred to in the meteorological trade as ‘major incident’.
You can find out more about it from our friends at the Surrey Advertiser here.
The obvious steps apply; try to avoid travelling, especially by using car. Much public transport will be heavily affected, so [...]
Several prospective constituents have contacted me over the past few days after BBC reports about hunting with dogs.
Over the last few weeks Woking Labour have been campaigning hard against a proposed £1 Million of buts to Woking’s bus services, which are likely to affect some of the Constituency’s most deprived areas. The exact amount the Tory council has pre-emptively decided to cut has been put at various different figures, but at least these numbers now seem to have stabilised.
Some have been suggesting that today’s unemployment figures represent a cut. I’m not so sure about that. There is certainly a reduction in the number claiming benefits, which is great news for the taxpayer, so there has at least been one economic gain in this sense.
As well as being a member of the Labour Party, I am also a member of our sister party, the Co-operative Party.
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