Bude boy wins MP’s Christmas Card competition
Tom French, aged 10, from Bude Junior School has landed top prize in Dan Rogerson’s Christmas Card competition. The North Cornwall MP invited local schools to produce a design for his Christmas cards every year since he was elected in 2005. The lucky winner gets a £25 book token, presented in person by Mr Rogerson. Sam Garner, 6, from Cardinham School and Dyra Aquino, 11, from St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, Bodmin, won second and third prizes, also of book tokens.... Read More
Brunel back in electoral battle!
For most of his life Isambard Kingdom Brunel was too busy building bridges (and ships and much else) to get much embroiled in political battles – but there’s an interesting exception. Just before he became Engineer to the Great Western Railway he gave useful support to his Radical brother-in-law, Benjamin Hawes, in the 1832 election at Lambeth, South London, to the reformed House of Commons. At a Christmas Lunch Party of the North Cornwall Liberal Democrats Brunel was back... Read More
PAC report a ‘Damning indictment’ – Rogerson
Commenting on the 1st PAC Report 2009-10 – A second progress update on the administration of the Single Payment Scheme by the Rural Payments Agency, North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson said: “This is a further damning indictment of the way in which Defra and the Rural Payments Agency has let our farming community down. “Their incompetence has caused real hardship, putting livelihoods at risk and, tragically, even testing some farmers’ will to live. “On... Read More
Worst off losing out from library newspaper cull
Cllr Alex Folkes (l) and Dan Rogerson MP (r) are backing the campaign to stop newspapers being scrapped from public libraries Cornwall Council will ‘hit the worst off hardest’ by removing free newspapers from all local libraries across the Duchy, according to local Lib Dems. The Conservative-led administration revealed their plan only a few weeks after promising there would be no frontline cuts. Local libraries have always carried a small selection of newspapers,... Read More
MP hits back at council ’slur’ on parents
North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, has defended parents in St Tudy and St Mabyn, after a senior councillor implied their fight to save schools in both villages might not have ‘children at the forefront of their thinking’. Challenged to welcome the result of a referendum held last week, where 97.3% of villagers backed the schools, Conservative Councillor Sally Bain told a meeting at County Hall, “I am not sure whether to say yes or no.” She went on, “It is important... Read More
MPs meet with Water Minister
South West MPs have met with Water Minister, Huw Irranca-Davies, this morning (Wednesday) to press him to implement the recommendations of the Walker Review without delay. The Conservatives’ privatisation of the water industry in 1989 caused bills to soar over the course of the last twenty years. South West Water customers face the highest charges in the country, to maintain the vast stretch of coastline in the region. Liberal Democrat MPs have long campaigned for measures... Read More
Communities’ “Resounding support” for village schools
North Cornwall’s MP, Dan Rogerson, has written to Council Leader, Alec Robertson, following the clear result of a referendum in St Tudy and St Mabyn on the future of their village schools. Mr Rogerson says the Council must now work with the Diocese and the Action Group to find a way forward. He has offered to request a meeting with Ministers from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, in Whitehall. Commenting, Mr Rogerson said: “It was an excellent initiative on... Read More
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