Beverley and Holderness Labour Party
family Friendly Policies ????
Dave Cameron believes in the family. But only married families are to be helped by his Tory Party
Are you a widow/er with young children?
Are you separated or divorced?
Are you a single parent for any reason?
Do you live as civil partners?
Or as a cohabiting couple?
Sorry - you will get no help from the Tories
Under the Tories only married couples will get a Tax rebate
Labour believes in helping all families
This is Kizzy discussing the education of her girls with Ian Saunders
This is what your Labour government has done for you -
Sure Start in Danger!
Last year David Cameron and George Osbourne announced that a future Tory Government would cut the Sure Start budget by 20% to save approximately £200million. They have not retracted that promise to date. Because Sure Start is a ringfenced budget this would mean that 1 of the 4 centres (Beverley, Hornsea, Hedon and Withernsea) would have to close.
I have challenged Graham Stuart to say if he backs this closure by his party and, if so, which centre would he close. He has not responded.
Because I believe Sure Start to be so vital to children and parents / carers I went to London to speak directly with Diana Johnson in the House of Commons. Diana is the MP for Hull North as well as Minister for Schools at the Department for Children, Families and Schools. Diana responded very positively that if Labour form the next Government they intend to increase the current 3197 centres to 3500.
Update on Smoking Survey
A further investigation on attitudes to smoking in Hedon followed the one undertaken in Beverley. Ian Saunders and a group of party members visited Hedon just before christmas asking the same questions as at Beverley. Very similar results were obtainedA massive 82% back the current ban including smokers.
2/3rds agree that tobacco products should be out of sight/under the counter.
2/3rds agree vending machines should be banned and that the legislation should be enforced better.
Why Labour?
Stuart is a new member of the Labour Party - these are his thoughts
Supporting Labour is not always a choice.
No one can ‘choose’ not to be affected by politics, even if they choose to say they’re not interested. And as appealing as it might be to ignore the feuds and fights of politicians, events do not always give people that choice.
I’m 23. In nearly a hundred years only Labour has stood for the many against the interests of the few. In the next ten years the many are going to pay for the extravagance of the few; in service cuts and unprogressive tax rises.
I support Labour because I am not deluded that I have something to gain from an unfair society. I have my future to fight for, and that I have no choice over.
Smoking attitudes survey reveals public doubts
A survey of the public's attitude to smoking in public has revealed some surprising results.
Beverley and Holderness Labour Party volunteers conducted the survey on the morning of Saturday 28 November. Over 100 members of the public were selected at random in Beverley town centre and questioned on a range of issues from the smoking ban in pubs to the open display of tobacco products for sale.
The vast majority of people said the current ban on smoking in public places such as restaurants and pubs should stay although a significant number said provisions for smokers such as smoking rooms should be considered. Most people thought that removing tobacco products from public display might discourage children from smoking but did not feel that vending machines should be banned.
These were the questions
- Do you agree that smoking should be banned in public places as is the case now?
- Do you think that all tobacco products should be banned from sale altogether?
- Do you agree that all tobacco products should be out of sight / under the counter?
- Should specialist tobacco shops be exempt from this legislation?
- Do you agree that tobacco vending machines should be banned?
- Should the present and future legislation be more strictly enforced?
Speaking today, Ian Saunders, Labour's Prospective Parliamentary candidate for Beverley and Holderness said:
“We really appreciate the public giving up their time to stand and talk to us on a bitterly cold morning in Beverley. Some of these findings are quite revealing. Over the next few weeks we will be travelling around the constituency with our survey - our next stop will be in Hedon on 12 December.
Our detailed findings will be presented to Health Secretary Andy Burnham.”
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