Open Europe reports on comments by europlastic George Eustice MP. Writing in the Western Morning News, Camborne and Redruth MP George Eustice cites findings from Open Europe’s new report on EU structural funds, which found that if regional policy were devolved back to the UK government, Cornwall could receive an extra £207 million in funding over the next seven years. He argues that &l...

Constituency Labour Parties up and down the country have started nominating not just for the leadership but also for the National Executive Committee and National Policy Forum. I'm pleasantly surprised by how many nominations I'm picking up for the NEC. Ones I'm aware of so far: Bassetlaw Bethnal Green & Bow Brighton Kemptown Bromley & Chislehurst Cambourne & Redruth Chelsea & Fulham Croydon South...

Thanks to Duncan Brack of the Liberal Democrat History Group for pulling this list together so near wins / misses spotted so far: NEAR MISSES Ashfield 192 (0.4%) Edinburgh South 316 (0.7%) Oldham East & Saddleworth 103 (0.2%) Sheffield Central 165 (0.4%) Swansea West 504 (1.4%) Camborne & Redruth 66 (0.2%) Chesterfield 549 (1.2%) Oxford West & Abingdon 176 (0.3%) Rochdale 889 (1.9%)...

8.00 am Here’s where we’re at: The Lib Dems have made SEVEN GAINS: Bradford East, Burnley, Norwich South, Eastbourne, Redcar, Solihull and Wells. And THIRTEEN LOSSES: Camborne and Redruth, Chesterfield, Cornwall South East, Harrogate & Knaresborough, Hereford & Herefordshire South, Montgomeryshire, Newton Abbot, Oxford West & Abingdon, Richmond Park, Romsey & Southa...

Jude Robinson is challenging Lib Dems in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle on claims in their election literature. Julia Goldsworthy is claiming to have won £94 million extra for Cornwall's NHS. This the amount Labour has allocated to Cornwall's health service over two years 2009-10 and 2010 -11. The regular and independent review of the Market Forces Formula has provided some uplift to ...

Candidates in Camborne and Redruth say door-knocking is more important in their campaigns than social media.

Cornwall's Lib Dem MPs should explain why their party's promises of £71 million in savings at Cornwall Council have proved to be as much rubbish as the county's growing waste mountain, says Jude Robinson, Labour candidate in Camborne, Redruth & Hayle. Jude said: "Without the promised savings, taxpayers face higher bills and savage cuts. Government funding for Cornwall is ...

The job cuts proposed at Cornwall Council are the choice of the Tory, Independent and Mebyon Kernow alliance, not the result of a cut in government funding, says Jude Robinson, Parliamentary candidate for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, speaking on behalf of Cornwall Labour Party. "Cornwall is getting a 4.5% increase in grant this year from the Labour government. That is more than £9m more, it ...

Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Camborne, Redruth & Hayle, Jude Robinson took South West Minister Rt Hon Jim Knight MP to meet with local Headteacher Dave Simons of Trewirgie School during his recent Ministerial tour. Jude said: "Jim Knight was the Schools Minister until recently and has lost none of his passion for education. "Among the topics discussed was the Ofsted regime and Da...

Jude Robinson, Labour's Prospective parliamentary candidate for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle pledged "no return to cruelty" as she backed an IFAW in Action campaign to protect the ban on the cruel sport of hunting with dogs. Five years after the Hunting Act came into force in England and Wales, IFAW in Action, a part of the global International Fund for Animal Welfare movement, has published a...