At today’s meeting of Cornwall Council, MK councillors voted against the budget put forward by the Conservative administration, which increased council tax by the maximum amount of 5%. Speaking on behalf of the Mebyon Kernow / Green Party Group, Cllr Andrew Long told the meeting that “local government is in a parlous state” and is “greatly underfunded, having suffered a decade of savage cuts.” He pointed out that core government funding for local councils fell from £41…

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In it’s formal response to the consultation into the so-called “devolution deal,” Mebyon Kernow has challenged the Conservatives on the unitary authority to acknowledge that the “deal” is inadequate and to use their political influence with the Tory Government in London to bring forward a meaningful devolution settlement for Cornwall. The Party for Cornwall has repeatedly stated that the proposed “deal” is not a devolution deal at all, but a range of possible accommodations between central government and Cornwall’s unitary authority,…

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Cllr Michael Bunney has spoken out against the planned protest against asylum seekers in Newquay and stressed that Cornwall’s long history of reaching out to support those in need. Cllr Bunney, who is Chairman of MK’s St Austell and Newquay Constituency Party, said “Cornwall has always helped the vulnerable, from Belgian refugees in the First World War, to Jewish refugees fleeing the Holocaust. It is racists and hateful far-right activists who are not welcome. Our communities have always been diverse, and…

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Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has submitted its formal response to the Cornwall Council consultation on the so-called “devolution deal.” It is as follows The proposed “deal” is not a devolution deal at all, but a range of possible accommodations between central government and Cornwall’s unitary authority. The “deal” does not include the transfer of far-reaching powers from Westminster to Cornwall, as has happened in Wales and Scotland since 1999. Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall calls on…

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