Good news for Cammell Laird shipyard and Merseyside

October 18, 2010

The announcement by the coalition government that building work of two new aircraft carriers would continue is a good news for the Cammell Laird shipyard that is already building the flight deck and hangars for the aircraft supper carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in a £44 million contract.

This is the second good news for Merseyside after the announcement yesterday that the £431 million second Mersey crossing is safeguarded.

Such large-scale investment in Merseyside will help to save jobs and will provide infrastructure for economic recovery for Liverpool City Region.

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George Osbourne: Mersey Gateway Project safeguarded

October 18, 2010

Ahead of the Comprehensive Spending Review tomorrow, George Osbourne, the Chancellor of the Conservative led coalition government, confirms today that the £431 million Mersey Gateway project is a priority of the government and will go ahead.

George Osbourne said: ” The Government is determined to invest in projects in Merseyside, and every region of the UK that will make the economy strong and bring jobs and prosperity.

“That is why we’ll be investing tens of millions of pounds in supporting the Mersey Gateway.”

This is great news for the people of Liverpool and Merseyside and shows the commitment of the Conservative led government to the infrastructure projects in the area.

According to Bob Polhill, Leader of Halton Borough Council, the project will creat 500 jobs directly and un to 5,000 more could be created from investment after the new transport link has opened.”

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Port tax axed by the new government

May 31, 2010

Port-based companies in Liverpool will be spared a hefty tax bill after the new government scrapped a backdated demand of the previous Labour government, which many had deemed unfair and a threat to the recovery of Merseyside economy.  This is a great news for the City of Liverpool given the importance of the Port to our economy and it is one of the first actions of the Conservatives-led coalition government, in keeping with an election promise of the Tories.
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Quote of the Year – “Dear chief secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left”

May 17, 2010
The former Labour Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Liam Byrne, has summed up Labour’s stewardship of the economy with a note for his successor which said “there’s no money left”.

Byrne’s note was discovered by David Laws, the Liberal Democrat MP who was appointed by the coalition government to succeed Byrne as No 2 at the Treasury.

Laws told reporters: “It was a one-sentence letter which simply said: ‘Dear chief secretary, I’m afraid to tell you there’s no money left,’ which was honest but slightly less helpful advice than I had been expecting.”

(Source: the Guardian, 17 May 2010)

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Thank you for voting Conservatives

May 8, 2010

Thank you for casting your votes for the Conservatives. I haven’t been elected to represent Liverpool Riverside and have offered my congratulations to Louise Ellman of the Labour party, who won the seat.

However, I cannot emphasis enough that your vote, among the 10.7 million votes across the country, has never been more important as it has given David Cameron the biggest mandate to form a government.

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Local Chamber Manifesto supports the policy of Conservative to scrap Labour’s “tax on jobs”

May 5, 2010

In its election manifesto published yesterday, Liverpool Chamber of Commerce states “we work closely with British Chambers of Commerce support their calls to:  Cancel the increase in tax and National Insurance planned for 2011.”

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Work Will Change Liverpool Riverside

May 5, 2010

A constituent has written a passionate letter about the welfare dependency culture under the Labour government. It is a brilliant written letter so I am sharing the contents of her letter and my reply here.

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Take another look at the myth of “Global Recession”

May 2, 2010

We keep hearing about the so-called “Global Recession” from Mr. Gordon Brown as if it has imported from some where. Typically he blamed the USA.

Yes, the collapse of Lehmen Brothers may have triggered the financial crisis but surely the US did not make the banking regulations in the UK?  Wasn’t it the Labour government that awarded the RBS banker Fred Goodwill a kighthood for his “service to banking”?

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Change to make UK a favourite destination for Chinese Investors

April 28, 2010

 

1200 Chinese investors, company bosses, governmental officials and media packed into the Conference Centre of Beijing International Hotel yesterday to listen to speakers from the Chinese key ministries and representatives from major countries of the world.

This is the third time that I represent the UK to speak at the Conference and chair the UK breakout session.

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TV debate and Manifesto

April 16, 2010

While the media is completely submerged in the coverage of the leaders’ debate on TV last night, I would urge voters to spend some time reading the manifestos of all parties between the debate. It will be on the pledges made in the Manifestos that the voters will hold the politicians accountable, not the charismatic performance.

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