Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall is asserting that a new report from two well-known academics should make the Government think again before imposing a unitary authority on Cornwall.

The report has been produced by Professors Steve Leach (De Montfort University) and Michael Chisholm (Cambridge University) of their own volition. It pulls no punches and is damning of the Government, its civil servants and the Local Government proposers of change, who have “failed to even consider the views of residents or the electorate, never mind failed to put those views first.”

Mebyon Kernow - the Party for Cornwall has welcomed the news that a new company ‘Western United Mines Limited’ has been launched to mine tin at the site.

Baseresult Holdings Ltd will remain the main shareholder in this venture and more than £3.5m will be spent during the next seven months. A further £50m will be invested in the lead-up to the restart of tin production in 2009.

Kerrier district councillor Stuart Cullimore has congratulated the team at South Crofty for the announcement. He said:

“This is great news for the whole of the Camborne and Redruth area. A re-opened South Crofty will create good, well-paid jobs with potential for more ‘spin-off’ employment in the service and engineering sectors.

“This investment of £50 million from mining financiers would not have been secured if the project was not viable. What a contrast to the desk-top daydreams and the failed promises of the URC in Kerrier.”

Camborne Town Councillor Alan Sanders added:

“This is wonderful news. Camborne and Redruth need employment-led regeneration that will put decent money in local pockets and boost the local economy – rather than change founded on the mass construction of open-market housing that local people cannot afford.”

Leading Kerrier councillor is MK’s third General Election candidate

Mebyon Kernow members in the new Camborne and Redruth constituency have selected Cllr Loveday Jenkin to fight the seat at the next General Election.

Loveday has served on Kerrier District Council for twelve years and is the leader of the Party’s four-strong group on the Council. She is also the portfolio holder for Leisure, Arts and Culture.

Speaking after the selection meeting in Camborne on Friday (5th October), Loveday said:

“I am delighted to have been selected for Mebyon Kernow to fight the Camborne and Redruth constituency at the next General Election. I am proud to be able to follow in the footsteps of my father, Richard Garfield Jenkin, who stood in the Falmouth and Camborne seat in the 1970 and 1983 General Elections.

“When the election comes, I will be standing on a platform of making Cornish votes count. The only vote that will make a difference to the future for Cornwall will be a vote for Mebyon Kernow. No other party will be able to move outside of their 'business as usual' scenarios with centralised policies that fail to take account of Cornwall's unique position and problems.

“Previous policies from Tories, Labour and Lib Dems have failed Cornwall and their politicians have misled the people of Cornwall with empty promises.

“It is time for a real change. Only a vote for Mebyon Kernow can make that change happen and I am pleased to give the voters of this constituency the opportunity to make a difference.”

More information about Loveday Jenkin

Loveday is a local woman who was brought up in Leedstown. Loveday lives in Praze-an-Beeble with her husband Adrian Spalding. They have two sons - Trystan and Taran Mark.

She achieved a BSc in Botany and Biochemistry at Cardiff University and a PhD in Plant Biochemistry at Cambridge University. On her return to Cornwall, she worked for the Cornwall Wildlife Trust as Education Officer and then at Camborne School of Mines, where she developed their environmental degree programmes. Most recently, she has worked for the Natural Environment Service at Cornwall County Council managing the Cycleau project – a European initiative to look after our rivers coasts and estuaries. She is currently working for an environmental technology firm across the South West.

A respected councillor, Loveday Jenkin has taken a leading role in many initiatives and projects for the district.

For a number of years, Loveday was the Chair of the Environmental Services Committee, which introduced blue box doorstep collections which now cover over 90% of properties in Kerrier District. She also helped gain recognition of the Red River Valley as a Local Nature Reserve. She was a founder member of Cornwall Waste Working Group looking for sustainable methods for waste management across Cornwall and a founder member of the Cornwall Air Quality Forum.

From 2005-2007 Loveday was the cabinet member with responsibility for Consultation and Democratic Renewal. During this time, she promoted the re-structuring of the Council to enable more efficient delivery of services and increased local consultation through a Citizens’ Panel and a new Youth Panel.

She has supported the Cornwall-wide Cornish Language Partnership which is working to assist the use of Cornish in schools and public life. In Kerrier she has promoted a rolling programme for the provision of Cornish on replacement street signs where they are damaged or missing, at no additional cost to the taxpayer.