Great news. Mebyon Kernow has won the by-election for a seat on Camborne Town Council (Treswithian Ward). Donte Spillane, a local NHS worker, out-polled a single Conservative opponent. Well done to Donte and his team. This means that MK now has eight elected members on the town council – the most we have ever had on a local council. The result was as follows; Donte Spillane (MK) – 471 votes (58%) / Ben Salfield (Con) – 340 votes (42%) Three of…
Birmingham City Council, one of the UK’s largest local authorities, is in financial trouble. It has issued a Section 114 notice, which means that the council can no longer “balance its budgets” and has to agree a plan with central government about its future. In the meantime, it will “put all new spending on hold, with the exception of protecting vulnerable people and statutory services.” The magazine “Moneyweek” has documented some of the causes of the problems in Birmingham. These include…
Mebyon Kernow is pleased to announce that Donte Spillane has been selected to contest the upcoming by-election for a seat on Camborne Town Council (Treswithian Ward). The election takes place on Thursday 5th October. Donte works locally for the National Health Service and has a range of qualifications covering topics such as housing practise, first aid and safeguarding. He also has experience of working to combat the present housing crisis through links with a housing association. We believe that he would…
Following the news that thousands of objects have been stolen from the British Museum, Plaid Cymru has called for key Welsh artefacts to be returned to Wales. The leader of the Party of Wales in Westminster, Liz Saville-Roberts, said that “security is no longer a good enough argument for keeping the treasures in London.” One of the items referenced by the Plaid MP was the Mold Gold Cape dating from 1900-1600BC. Mebyon Kernow were yesterday approached by the Daily Mail for…
MK members and guests congregated at Bodmin’s Shire House Suite today, to consider recent discussions around “devolution deals” for Cornwall and to provide feedback on MK’s campaigns for meaningful devolution. Speaking on behalf of MK’s leadership team, Cllr Dick Cole said: “It was good to see so many friends at Bodmin and to discuss why Cornwall needs proper control over its future through a new democratic settlement. Topics covered in informal table discussions included planning and housing, the environment, economic matters…
One and all are welcome at this Saturday’s half-day Conference – “Devolution: the next steps” – which will take place in the Shire House Suite in Bodmin. The event is not a traditional conference with lots of keynote speeches. Instead, there will be group discussion sessions, at which MK members and supporters will be able to feedback their views to MK’s National Executive. Doors open at 1.00, with the actual sessions commencing at 2.00. The agenda is as follows: Session one…
