News from Cornwall Labour

Conservative calls for Cornwall benefit cuts condemned

Conservative plans to slash benefits to needy people in Cornwall show they are the same ‘nasty party’ that neglected Cornwall for 18 years, and completely ignorant about the county says Labour PPC Jude Robinson.

A senior Conservative spokesman has admitted that the Conservatives are considering singling out Cornwall for benefit cuts. According to Lord Hanningfield, who is leader of Essex County Council and Tory spokesperson on business in the Lords “The cost of living is far higher in Essex, say, than it is in Cornwall, so people do not need the same level of benefit.”

Jude said:

“Lord Hanningfield obviously knows nothing about this county. It is not true that the cost of living is lower but wages certainly are. Targeting benefit cuts in Cornwall would hit the poor and needy, it would drive wages down even further and set back our economy. The contrast with the regeneration and economic support from the Labour government could not be more marked.

“The Tories are the same old nasty party and the last thing Cornwall needs is a return to the policies that crippled our economy for decades.”

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