I’ve been getting a number of complaints about the operation of the Government’s Warm Front scheme, designed to help pensioners improve their central heating and keep warm over the winter.
I’ve had one particularly troubling case, the details of which I don’t wish to go into until the lady has actually had her boiler fitted. But
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My most recent post on the crime figures elicited a few responses, so I thought it might be helpful just to set out what the Conservatives will do. A blog is about commenting on what is happening – so it’s never meant to be an essay on policy prescriptions, but I think people are right
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It seems as though the police no longer know how to count crimes. They don’t always record them properly, so how can we trust the Government when they tell us that crime is down by this per cent, and violent crime by that per cent. It seems that when you take everything into account, violent
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I was out delivering my new survey round the Sandpiper Pub up in Cleveleys Park this afternoon. We have all read about how the housing market has dropped off a cliff, but walking the streets of bungalows really brought it home to me. It was amazing just how many were vacant – and not necessarily
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Friday saw us welcome a visitor to Blackpool North & Cleveleys.
Mark Simmonds is the MP for Boston & Skegness, as well as our Party’s spokesman on coastal communities. We’re the first party to appoint someone to this role – a sign that we are taking the needs of seaside towns seriously. And it’s important to
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I know it sounds a bit fauning – but I really did think David Cameron’s final speech was superb. Well, I would say that, wouldn’t I?
These are not easy times to make serious political speeches. The circumstances seem to change every 24 hours, and all of us are left bewildered by the turbulent turn of
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