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19th September 2009

Shoppers Flock to Campaign to save Bedworth Fire Station

Conservatives were out in force on Saturday as volunteers hit the streets in both Nuneaton and Bedworth to campaign against proposals to merge the two towns' fire stations. Shoppers queued to offer their support as over 1000 signed the petition in just a few short hours.

10th September 2009

Local Unemployment Figures Among worst in County

Figures released in August show that the jobless totals for North Warwickshire continue to soar well above the national average, and are the second highest in the entire West Midlands. The year on year increase between July 2008 and July 2009 of people in receipt of Jobseekers Allowance stands at 144% for North Warwickshire.

7th September 2009

The Conservatives are the Party of the NHS

Sir

I would like to congratulate local Labour MP Mike O’Brien on his recent appointment as a junior health minister. He seems to have a different job every time I blink.

5th September 2009

Powercuts on the way? Labour can’t even keep the lights on, says Dan Byles

Dan Byles, former soldier and Conservative Parliamentary candidate for North Warwickshire & Bedworth, this week warned that homes and businesses across Warwickshire could be facing power cuts within years. For the first time since the three-day week of the 1970s, consumers will be told to prepare for blackouts, since the supply of electricity will fail to meet demand at peak times.

1st August 2009

Conservatives in the stocks in aid of the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance

The Whitacres & Shustoke Show took place at Blythe Hall, Shustoke, on Saturday 1 August. Local Conservatives, lead by potential MP Dan Byles, spent the day raising money for the Warwickshire & Northamptonshire Air Ambulance by putting local politicians in the stocks and charging visitors to the show to hurl wet sponges at them.

27th July 2009

Atherstone Speed Bump Saga Continues, but Carol’s on the Case

The residents of Witherley Road, Atherstone, could be forgiven for feeling a little confused over the latest turn of events regarding a set of controversial speed bumps. Local people have complained that the speed bumps, the pet project of outgoing Labour County Councillor Richard Grant, do not conform to national safety standards and represent a safety hazard to both cars and pedestrians.

27th July 2009

Dan Byles Disgusted At Government Court Case Against Wounded Soldiers

Sir

Words cannot describe the disgust I felt when I read that the Government is going to court this week seeking to cut the compensation awarded to two badly wounded Servicemen.

17th July 2009

Dan Byles Furious with Gordon Brown over Treatment of Armed Forces

Former Army Major Dan Byles, the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for North Warwickshire and Bedworth, today expressed his fury and disgust at Gordon Brown for not even knowing how many British soldiers are fighting for their country in Afghanistan.

7th July 2009

Local MP ‘Still Has Questions To Answer’ Over Expense Claims

The MPs’ expenses row has rocked the public’s confidence in our political representatives more than any other recent scandal. The main offenders, such as cabinet ministers guilty of ‘flipping’ second homes or claiming for outrageous items, have been blasted on the front pages of the national media.

24th June 2009

Conservatives pledge local decision making over planning issues such as opencast coal mining

A clear dividing line has emerged between the Conservatives and Labour at the next General Election over issues such as local planning decisions. Labour have regularly come under fire for adopting a ‘Stalinist’, top down approach to planning decisions – often overruling local councils to impose decisions against local wishes.

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