Cornwall Council has just commenced a ten-week consultation on its so-called “devolution deal,” which Mebyon Kernow has rightly described as “not devolution at all.” Speaking on behalf of MK, Party Leader Cllr Dick Cole has criticized the consultation as “biased,” but he has also called on supporters of greater powers for Cornwall to use the consultation to demand proper devolution. He said: “The so-called ‘devolution deal’ is not devolution at all. It is simply a range of accommodations between central government…

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Just days after the Conservatives published their weak and inadequate “devolution deal,” the Labour Party has published “A New Britain: Renewing Our Democracy and Rebuilding Our Economy.” It is the report from their “Commission on the UK’s Future.” Speaking on behalf of Mebyon Kernow, Party Leader Cllr Dick Cole said: “This new Labour document, which sets out their approach to constitutional change, is a massive disappointment from a Cornish perspective. There is no proposal for a Cornish Parliament. In fact, the…

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Earlier today, a Government Minister (Dehenna Davison) and the leader of Cornwall Council (Linda Taylor) signed a “devolution deal” for Cornwall. The Conservatives will soon be launching a ten-week consultation on the document, which will start on Friday 9th December.   Mebyon Kernow leader Dick Cole called on people to take participate in the consultation and challenged the UK Government to support “meaningful devolution” for Cornwall. In a statement issued today, Cllr Dick Cole said: “The promise of additional funding for…

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On Tuesday 29th November, the Office of National Statistics issued a press release, which stated that “just under 100,000 people” identified as Cornish on the 2021 Census. Unfortunately, the press release included a number of errors and the published figures did not include everyone who wrote-in Cornish on their census forms. A subsequent meeting was held between a number of officers from Cornwall Council / Cllr Dick Cole and representatives from the ONS to discuss concerns about the press release. It…

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On Tuesday 29th November, the Office of National Statistics issued a press release, which stated that “just under 100,000 people” identified as Cornish on the 2021 Census. Unfortunately, the press release included a number of errors and the published figures did not include everyone who wrote-in Cornish on their census forms. MK leader Cllr Dick Cole has issued the following update: Earlier today, a number of officers from Cornwall Council and I met with representatives from the Office of National Statistics…

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At today’s meeting of the unitary authority, there was a fractious debate about whether there should be a referendum on the “county deal” presently being finalised between central government and the Conservative administration in Truro. In the debate, MK leader Cllr Dick Cole challenged all in the chamber to be more ambitious for Cornwall. His speech was as follows: This original motion seeks agreement that there should be a vote on calling a referendum, should this Council be minded to back…

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