At today’s meeting of Cornwall Council, the Conservative administration voted through its budget for next financial year (2022/2023), as well as a medium term financial strategy for the next four years. The vote was 48 votes to 30. The Mebyon Kernow / Green Party Group voted against the budget and called on the Conservative administration, Tory MPs and Conservative Government to deliver fair funding for local government in Cornwall. Cllr Dick Cole spoke on behalf of the Group. His speech was…

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Mebyon Kernow has described the new ‘Levelling Up’ White Paper, launched by the UK Government on 2nd February, as a great disappointment for Cornwall. In a statement issued today, the leader of the Party for Cornwall has described the proposals in the document as “completely inadequate to properly tackle the regional inequality that plagues the United Kingdom.” The statement from Cllr Dick Cole was as follows: “There is much rhetoric from the UK Government about ‘levelling up’ but the proposals…

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