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		<title>Voting for Cornwall&#8217;s economy &#8211; Charlotte&#8217;s column (week 5)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 10:12:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People I’m talking to here raise many issues. What unites most is that Cornwall needs a sustainable economy. Healthcare, jobs, housing, schools, and fair funding for elderly care all rely on sustaining Labour’s investment. Paying down UK debt must be supported by economic growth, rather than savage cuts. A public sector wage freeze in Cornwall [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1202&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Housing and earnings &#8211; Charlotte&#8217;s candidate column (week 4)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 17:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For people in Cornwall, the gap between local earnings and house prices is one of the biggest in the UK. Cornwall Council has an important role to play here. Most people buy their home and Labour supports that. We helped people keep their homes during the recession. We will keep mortgage rates low. First time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1192&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Charlotte&#8217;s candidate column &#8211; Falmouth edition</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My top priority as your MP will be to lift Falmouth’s economy to the same level as Truro’s. That means bringing together investment to make the dredging and development of Falmouth docks a reality. My promises to you: An honest, fair, hardworking, local MP who lives here. Protecting Cornwall’s NHS &#8211; new treatment guarantees for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1184&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cornwall&#8217;s NHS &#8211; Charlotte&#8217;s candidate column (week 3)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cornwall’s NHS priority is the best possible treatment and outcomes for patients here. Labour’s promises are treatment guarantees &#8211; cancer test results within one week of first seeing your GP, a new legal right for mums to choose where they give birth. In June 2010, Truro’s new health park will open for 30,000 patients. Waiting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1177&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cornwall&#8217;s environment &#8211; Charlotte&#8217;s candidate column (week 2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 14:21:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cornwall faces big challenges. The environment and economy go hand in hand. The issue is sustainability, not environment vs new development. Your MP can make a difference. I will stand up for our communities, and your causes have my support. We must protect Cornwall’s environment. Many people feel strongly about protecting animals, birds, marine, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1167&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cornwall Council &#8211; Charlotte&#8217;s candidate column for local newspaper</title>
		<link>http://voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com/2010/04/18/cornwall-council-charlottes-candidate-column/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People and services matter most. It’s wrong that people’s views were ignored when the new Council was created. The Liberal Democrats let people down. Threatened cuts to fire services. Closed the Airport for three weeks. Failed to develop a waste strategy with community backing. Charged unlawfully for some care services for vulnerable people. How unfair [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1160&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A strong voice for Cornwall</title>
		<link>http://voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/a-stronger-voice-for-cornwall/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:31:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The people of Cornwall need better representation. Our communities are disadvantaged &#8211; despite access to EU funding &#8211; by having no spokesperson of the UK governing Party since 2005. In November 2007, Charlotte MacKenzie was selected as Labour&#8217;s candidate for her home constituency of Truro and Falmouth with 86 per cent of the first preference votes. We are fighting to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1118&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cornwall&#039;s children deserve better</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:35:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When news broke of the critical Ofsted report on Cornwall&#8217;s child protection services, I wrote to local newspapers voicing my concern. The letter is here. Children in Cornwall deserve better, more responsive services. On 7 October, Cornwall Council&#8217;s director of children&#8217;s services, Dean Ashton, resigned before publication of the highly critical Ofsted report, the findings of which are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1083&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Truro question time</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 14:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to everyone involved in Truro question time. We didn&#8217;t get time for all the questions but I&#8217;ve included here those which weren&#8217;t covered and responded to online questions (not every comment!): Thanks to Aren for photos on Flickr. Jonathan Lea: How important do the panel view the renewable energy sector to the future of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1070&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Free swimming, free theatre tickets</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:46:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Charlotte MacKenzie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since Cornwall Council introduced free swimming in April, over-60s have enjoyed 28,046 free swims. Like free bus passes, this is a policy the Council could have introduced by themselves. However, they waited for funding from the Department of Culture Media and Sport to do so. I&#8217;ve written to the Council today to congratulate them on this runaway [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=voiceforcornwall.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10410792&amp;post=1057&amp;subd=voiceforcornwall&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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