Join Our Campain to Save Cornwall’s Health Services from Devastating Tory Cuts
- Save Our NHS – Sign and Share the Petition
- Leafleting event and Demonstration on NHS Campaign Day, Saturday 26th November in Lisekard
- Write to your MP or local Councillor urging them to support this initiative and to commit to building a better NHS
- Come to one of the public Meetings being held in Liskeard on @ 7.00pm on 5th December and Gunnislake on 6th December – details below
UNPRECEDENTED CUTS to our local health services are threatened by new Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs). The level of cuts required in Cornwall to eliminate the deficit is likely to be £277million by 2020/21. Several community health services have already lost funding and face closure.
Underfunding the NHS is a political choice: Government could choose to fund it in line with comparable developed countries.
Privatisation is costly: having a market in healthcare costs £4.5 billion a year. Without this there would be no need for cuts.
Together we can act: to stop these plans being drawn up behind our backs, because our elected councillors will be scrutinising them. Let’s make our voices heard and tell them we need more resources for community-based care, but not at the cost of cuts elsewhere:
- NO to closure of community hospitals
- NO to reduction in community beds
- NO to closure of minor injury units or GPs surgeries
- NO to reduction in access to treatment
- NO to job losses
WHAT YOU CAN DO
- These cuts concern everyone – please forward this post to your friends and share our events on facebook.
- Sign our petition and find out more at:
www.laboursecornwall.org.uk/save_our_nhs - Help make sure the public are aware: Join us leafleting in Lisekard. Meet at the Parade, PL14 6AH on Saturday 26th November between 10.00am – 2.00pm as part of Labour’s National Campaign Day or order leaflets for your local street or event
- Attend one of our public meetings:
Liskeard – Eliot House Hotel, Castle St, Liskeard
Monday 5 December, 7pm with speaker Dr. Jan Macfarlane
Gunnislake – Tamar Valley – Methodist Centre, Albaston, Gunnislake
Tuesday 6 December 7pm with speaker from Save Our Hospital Services - Join our protest outside the NHS Kernow meeting in St Cleer on Tuesday 6 December, 9.30 – 10.30 am
- Write to your MP or local Councillor urging them to support this initiative and to commit to building a better NHS
More info on STPs and this campaig can be found at:
- Resource Pack produced by joint health campaigns
- Save Our Hospital Services website – North Devon campaignCornwall Council are due to publish the Outline Business Case of the Cornwall STP and start a public consultation on 28 November. It should appear on this page. You can respond to the consultation direct – or contact your local councillor.
The New Economics comes to Liskeard, Cornwall on 30th July 2016
The Shadow Chancellor, John McDonnell, is convening a series of public events to broaden the debate around economics in Britain. A range of experts will present their views at a number of events across the country, with questions from members of the public.
All participants speak for themselves, rather than for the Labour Party or the Shadow Chancellor, but the themes which emerge will help inform conversations about economic policy across the board.
You can book your place by clicking the link below. Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-new-economics-comes-to-cornwall-tickets-25900161079?aff=es2
- Panel discussion + Q&A with Labour’s Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell MP and James Meadway, Economic Adviser to the Shadow Chancellor and former Chief Economist at the New Economics Foundation.
**The venue is fully accessible**
WHEN Saturday, 30 July 2016 from 15:00 to 17:00 (BST) – WHERE Liskeard Public Hall – 3-5 West Street, Liskeard, PL14 6BW – View Map
Date for your Diary: Next Branch Meeting on Tues 3rd May 2016 @ 7pm
This meeting is open to the public. Both members and non-members
with an interest in joining can attend. So if you know anyone keen to find out more about Labour’sin our locality please bring them along or pass on details of the event.
Meeting agenda will be circulated by email.
Meeting location:
Tamar Valley Methodist Church in Albaston, Gunnislake,
Clare Moody, South West Region MEP to Address Pro EU Meeting in Liskeard
South West Labour MEP Clare Moody speaking at a public meeting earlier in the year
LABOUR’S EUROPEAN REFERENDUM campaign to remain in the EU comes to Liskeard, Cornwall on Friday April 1st at 7:00 pm.
Clare Moody Labour South West MEP will be leading the public meeting involving debate and a Q & A session taking place at Liskeard Public Hall.
The MEP enthused about her role in the Labour In for Britain Campaign that involves: ‘Speaking to as many people as I can across the South West about why I think it is so important that Britain remains firmly in the European Union.’
Emphasising some of the many benefits EU membership brings, the MEP explained: ‘There are very strong reasons for our support. These include improved rights at work, better prices and protection to consumers and greater protection of the environment to name a few.’
According to Clare MEP: ‘Meetings have been well attended and involved lively debates showing that people really want to engage with the subject’. Adding: ‘People understand how important this referendum is to the future of the U.K.’
The meeting is open to all members of the public. Participants will be invited to contribute to a question and answer session with the MEP as part of the event on Friday 1st April 2016 at Liskeard Public Hall. Details also available on Facebook.
Date for your Diary: Next Branch Meeting on Wed 6th April 2016 @ 7pm
CHANGE OF DATE
Our next branch meeting will be on: Wed 6th of April at 7pm.
Focus
Gareth Derrick, Labour Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate for Devon & Cornwall
At the meeting Labour’s Devon and Cornwall Police and Crime Commissioner Candidate, Gareth Derrick will be presenting his view on this important role and what he intends to do if elected on 5th May 2016.
This meeting is open to the public. Members and non-members can attend. So if you know anyone keen to find out more about Labour’s candidate for the role, please bring them along or pass on details of the event.
Meeting location:
Tamar Valley Methodist Church in Albaston, Gunnislake,
Call to Canvass for Re-Election of Cllr Kate Taylor in Devonport
THIS WEEKEND, the Sat 12th / Sun 13 March, all Labour Party Members are invited to join the Plymouth Labour Party in their DASH FOR DEVONPORT canvass event in support of the re-election of Councillor Kate Taylor. They will be building on the amazing BIG BUDSHEAD mass canvass last weekend in the run up to the May 2016 Local Government elections.
The local Devonport Branch said: “We need to remind the good people of Devonport about how amazing their Councillor, Kate Taylor is by canvassing with a view to making 300 contacts and delivering over 4000 personalised letters over the weekend”.
Please help to re-elect Kate Taylor and promote Labour in the area by meeting the residents of Devonport this weekend. There are four locations/times:
• Saturday, March 12 at 10:30 AM · Corner of George Street and Duke Street
• Saturday, March 12 at 2:00 PM · Junction of Royal Navy Avenue and North Down Gardens
• Sunday, March 13 at 11:00 AM · Meeting outside of Latitude 52, Albert Road
• Sunday, March 13 at 2:00 PM · Meeting outside Keyham Green Places, Renown Street
Contact the local group via their Facebook page or see the events page on the Plymouth Labour Party website events page for more information on Labour campaigns in the locality.
Member update: Change of date of next meeting to Wednesday the 2nd March @ 7 pm
Meeting focus:
Discussion topic will be the NHS led by John Tilbury and Jan Parker.
Meeting location:
Tamar Valley Methodist Church in Albaston, Gunnislake,
All members and those interested in joining welcome.
Welcome to Tamar Valley Labour Party
WELCOME to the website of the Tamar Valley Branch of the Labour Party. As Labour Party members we’re working to create a better, fairer and stronger community in Cornwall. We want you to join us in our work supporting improvements to public services, making life easier for business and creating a fairer, more equal society free from discrimination.
On this site you’ll be able to find out more about the work the local Labour Party is doing to make our area a better place for everyone to live in. We encourage you to look around and we welcome comments and suggestions. And we’d be very happy to welcome you as a member of our growing and vibrant local party.
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