Labours Councillors collecting for Charity ( Over £100 raised ) Xmas 2010.
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Your Labour Party in Reddish!
Labours Councillors collecting for Charity ( Over £100 raised ) Xmas 2010.
Paul Moss candidate for Reddish North!
Paul Moss candidate for Reddish North
pictured with Unision members campaigning against Council Cuts at the Stockport MBC Executive meeting in January 2011
Saturday, 14 August 2010
The Lib Dem response to Cllr Walter Brett's letter to the Stockport Express!
From: Cllr David White
To: Cllr Walter Brett
Sent: Thursday, 5 August, 2010 12:06:10
Subject: Letter
Walter,
I note your letter which appears on your blog and I would again ask the question that if 20% VAT is “an attack on the poor” why was 17.5% left as the rate from 1997 to 2010? Apart from a small section of 15%
The issue with Reddish South Station well I was appalled at the decision in 1991 and attacked it at the time but I would still do it now.
The fake shock at some of the things happening now are just sickening from this New Labour Group in Stockport .
This is your deficit and there would have been 12.5% cuts and the deficit would have been 50% of now, how would that have been paid for?
Best Wishes
Dave
Councillor David White
Liberal Democrat, Davenport and Cale Green Ward
Executive Member for Transportation
To: Cllr Walter Brett
Sent: Thursday, 5 August, 2010 12:06:10
Subject: Letter
Walter,
I note your letter which appears on your blog and I would again ask the question that if 20% VAT is “an attack on the poor” why was 17.5% left as the rate from 1997 to 2010? Apart from a small section of 15%
The issue with Reddish South Station well I was appalled at the decision in 1991 and attacked it at the time but I would still do it now.
The fake shock at some of the things happening now are just sickening from this New Labour Group in Stockport .
This is your deficit and there would have been 12.5% cuts and the deficit would have been 50% of now, how would that have been paid for?
Best Wishes
Dave
Councillor David White
Liberal Democrat, Davenport and Cale Green Ward
Executive Member for Transportation
Tuesday, 3 August 2010
Cllr Walter Brett's letter to the Stockport Express!
Dear Sir,
It hasn’t taken the local Lib Dems long to return to their old tricks, in this case refusing to take any responsibility for their own actions, while trying to divert attention elsewhere. Andrew Stunnell, newly installed as a minister in David Cameron’s government, hopes to blame the last Labour government for the devastating and unnecessary cuts he is now helping to make, rather than his new Tory master’s determination to carry on where Margaret Thatcher left off. Make no mistake – the current hatchet-wielding has nothing to do with cutting the deficit, which was under control, with a clear plan to pay it down, and everything to do with dismantling our public services for ideological reasons. The rise in VAT (which the Lib Dems were vehemently opposed to in May) is merely a “downside” as far as Mr Stunnell is concerned, rather than the callous attack on the poorest households it actually is.
Meanwhile, Cllr David White, who clearly has time on his hands since his mysterious departure from the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, treats us to a ramble round various topics. Of course we were disappointed that Reddish South station, closed under his new Tory friends in 1991, wasn’t reopened under the last Labour government, despite our campaigning (which will continue) but the fact is that it is now going to stay closed so long as the Con-Dem coalition keeps cutting budgets and services. As far as funding for rebuilding local schools goes, we are quite aware that Lib Dem-run Stockport Council botched and bungled its Building Schools for the Future bid, but as a result of the Con-Dem cuts, our children will remain in crumbling buildings for the foreseeable future. Finally, he too refuses to take any responsibility for the VAT hike, but hopes it might be cut at some unidentified point in the future. I too hope that the Lib Dems (and their new Tory bosses) realise they have got it wrong – I won’t be holding my breath though.
Councillor Walter Brett
Labour, Reddish South
It hasn’t taken the local Lib Dems long to return to their old tricks, in this case refusing to take any responsibility for their own actions, while trying to divert attention elsewhere. Andrew Stunnell, newly installed as a minister in David Cameron’s government, hopes to blame the last Labour government for the devastating and unnecessary cuts he is now helping to make, rather than his new Tory master’s determination to carry on where Margaret Thatcher left off. Make no mistake – the current hatchet-wielding has nothing to do with cutting the deficit, which was under control, with a clear plan to pay it down, and everything to do with dismantling our public services for ideological reasons. The rise in VAT (which the Lib Dems were vehemently opposed to in May) is merely a “downside” as far as Mr Stunnell is concerned, rather than the callous attack on the poorest households it actually is.
Meanwhile, Cllr David White, who clearly has time on his hands since his mysterious departure from the Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority, treats us to a ramble round various topics. Of course we were disappointed that Reddish South station, closed under his new Tory friends in 1991, wasn’t reopened under the last Labour government, despite our campaigning (which will continue) but the fact is that it is now going to stay closed so long as the Con-Dem coalition keeps cutting budgets and services. As far as funding for rebuilding local schools goes, we are quite aware that Lib Dem-run Stockport Council botched and bungled its Building Schools for the Future bid, but as a result of the Con-Dem cuts, our children will remain in crumbling buildings for the foreseeable future. Finally, he too refuses to take any responsibility for the VAT hike, but hopes it might be cut at some unidentified point in the future. I too hope that the Lib Dems (and their new Tory bosses) realise they have got it wrong – I won’t be holding my breath though.
Councillor Walter Brett
Labour, Reddish South
Sunday, 4 July 2010
Q and A session with Ed Balls- Denton Labour Club- 2nd July 2010.
Labour members in Denton and Reddish CLP and beyond got the chance to grill the RT Honourable Ed Balls MP and test his Leaderhsip credentials at Q and A event organised by our MP Andrew Gwynne. Very enjoyable and informative event for all concerned.
Monday, 28 June 2010
Labour's Vision!
To Help shape Britain's Progressive future, join now and vote in the leadership election. Follow the link: https://secure2.labour.org.uk/join/
The Tory Budget is full of cuts that will hit families hard!
George Osborne delivered a Budget that will throw people out of work, hold back economic growth and damage the public services we all rely on. The Tories have broken their promise to be fair, with tax increases and benefit cuts that will hit hardest at the people who can least afford it.
These cuts will affect you, your family and the people around you. This Budget will affect everyone:
•Growth next year would have been higher and unemployment lower with Labour’s responsible, credible plan to halve the deficit over four years
•Increasing VAT from 17.5% to 20%, so that higher prices will be paid in the shops by everyone, from pensioners to the unemployed
•Cuts to tax credits, and cutting back free school meals
•Cuts to the disability living allowance, cuts to help for the jobless
•Freezing Child Benefit for the next three years
It is important to set the record straight, the Tories can't encourage economic growth, and reduce the deficit, by throwing people out of their jobs and abandoning support for business. People will be worrying about what these cuts will mean to their livelihoods, and for the future of their family.
These cuts will affect you, your family and the people around you.Write to your local paper using the following link: http://www2.labour.org.uk/budget-2010.
Subscribe to:
Comments (Atom)