Two days after Cornwall Council’s ruling Cabinet voted to “accept the UK Government’s intention to designate Cornwall Council as a single Foundation Strategic Authority (FSA),” the Prime Minister announced that he would give “all mayors of city regions in England a share of income tax revenue … as part of his drive to transfer power from Westminster to local leaders.” Analysis by one newspaper showed how the money would go to mayoralties in the Midlands and the North, the Bristol area,…

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On Wednesday 29th July, Cornwall Council’s ruling Cabinet voted to “accept the UK Government’s intention to designate Cornwall Council as a single Foundation Strategic Authority (FSA).” Commenting on behalf of Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall, Cllr Dick Cole, said: “The designation of Cornwall’s single principal authority as a FSA does represent a change to local government arrangements, but it is a long, long way from the Celtic-style devolution that Cornwall merits. “This designation will hopefully safeguard Cornwall as the…

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Councillors at Cornwall’s unitary authority overwhelming passed a motion declaring a vote of no confidence in South West Water and the transfer of SWW into some form of public ownership. The motion was proposed by Mebyon Kernow’s Cllr Loveday Jenkin and it was seconded by Dean Evans of the Green Party. Signatories to the motion included other councillors from the Conservative, Green, Labour, Liberal Democrat, Independent and MK groups. It was founded on the Dowr Glan campaign, spearheaded by Mebyon Kernow…

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On Monday, we reported that MPs from Reform UK had tabled an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill in the House of Commons. This proposed that election materials should only be in English or Welsh, and that the use of other languages would be a criminal offence punishable by a fine and / or six months in jail. This ludicrous notion was widely condemned. In addition to MK, the SNP described the suggested ban on Scottish Gaelic and Scots…

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Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall  is pleased to confirm that our upcoming 2026 National Conference will be held at the Cornwall Council offices in Truro on Saturday 24th October. We are working to make this event our best National Conference for many years, and it also will mark MK’s 75th anniversary year. More information about the event will follow in the near-future but, in the meantime, please put it in your diary. …

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