Local Politics in Beverley, HU17
The Liberal Democrats have moved swiftly to confirm East Riding councillor, Denis Healy, as their prospective candidate for the General Election on 8th June.
Mr. Healy will be hoping that he can win what is widely regarded as a Conservative ‘safe seat’ from the incumbent MP Graham Stuart.
Graham Stuart MP has welcomed news that the Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee of East Riding of Yorkshire Council has voted unanimously to refer East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group’s Urgent Care Strategy to the Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The plans by the CCG include closing the Minor Injury Units at Driffield, Hornsea and Withernsea and stripping community beds from Withernsea and Bridlington.
Graham Stuart MP has said he is delighted by the announcement that Hornsea is to receive £3.77 million from the Department for Communities and Local Government’s Coastal Communities Fund to renovate Hornsea seafront.
The money will fund a large part of a £4.6 million project to rejuvenate South Promenade, including the expansion of the leisure boat compound, upgrades to car parking and a new all year round café, retail space and visitor hub.
Graham Stuart, MP for Beverley and Holderness, will visit Sand le Mere Holiday Village near Withernsea on Friday to officially open the park for the new holiday season. His visit comes as part of English Tourism Week.
He will be shown round by General Manager Amby Tatla to see how the park has spent almost £1 million in the past year to improve infrastructure and add new caravan pitches to increase capacity.
East Riding Councillor, Denis Healy, has launched a petition after figures reveal the devastating impact that the Government’s £3bn cuts to education funding will have on East Riding schools, including Longcroft School and Beverley High School.
Schools in the East Riding are bracing themselves for budget reductions of £14.9m in real terms by 2019, meaning an 8% cut in pupil funding, equivalent to 400 teachers’ jobs.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart met local farmers at Mr Jono Dixon’s farm in Patrington, to discuss their concerns about calls from several environmental groups to ban the well-known weed killer, glyphosate.
Some studies have shown that glyphosate is safe but further studies have also highlighted the chemical as a probable human carcinogen limited evidence that suggests glyphosate may act as an oestrogen mimic, which is of significance for breast cancer risk.
Graham Stuart MP and Sir Greg Knight MP have jointly condemned East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group for failing to listen to the voices of people in the East Riding.
In a blow to all those who campaigned to save the Minor Injuries Units in Hornsea, Withernsea and Driffield, the CCG has announced today is set to go ahead with the closures in all three towns.
Local campaigners will make a last ditch appeal to the East Riding Clinical Commissioning Group, to reverse its decision to close Hornsea MIU, when it meets on Tuesday.
Proposals to be considered at the meeting include the closure of the seaside town’s Minor Injuries Unit, a move which has been approved in spite of a 10,000 signature petition and overwhelming local opposition.
Beverley and Holderness MP Graham Stuart has condemned a new EU Regulation that threatens the livelihoods of Holderness coast beach fishermen and has written to the Fisheries Minister, George Eustice, to ask him to pursue an exemption for Holderness.
The Regulation includes a total ban on targeted sea bass fishing from the shore, jeopardising the future of men like Shaun Wingham, who fishes near Withernsea using the centuries-old practice of onshore fishing, whereby a net is stretched out along the shoreline at low tide and the catch is brought in when it retreats again. Sea bass is the most valuable part of their haul.
The Liberal Democrats are the party now providing the real opposition to the Conservatives at County Hall after all their Councillors opposed the Conservative budget today.
The budget, which introduces a Council tax increase of 4.99%, also sees a reduction of 2.5% to the Council’s Public Health budget, and an eye watering 72% reduction in the Education Services grant, piling further pressures on already over stretched hospitals and schools.
Last week Graham Stuart MP visited the Boulevard Academy in Hull to meet pupils and staff and to promote awareness of the importance of high quality careers advice and guidance for young people.
Disgraced Former Tory Beverley Councillor Dominic Peacock is in the news again following his claims that he’s been overwhelmed with support from colleagues and constituents.
Peacock was thrown out of the Tory Party following offensive remarks relating to the murder of the late Jo Cox MP.
Campaigners calling on East Riding Council to intervene in the private care home crisis will be out collecting signatures for a petition this Saturday morning in Hedon and Beverley.
They intend to raise the issue of the crisis in social care, when next the full council meets as concerns grow over how oplder people in community will be cared for.
Disgraced Councillor, Dominic Peacock has written back to East Riding of Yorkshire Council making it clear he has no intention of resigning despite calls for him to do so.
Cllr Peacock who made offensive and distasteful remarks in relation to a fund set up to raise money for the family of the assassinated MP Jo Cox says residents in his ward, Minster and Woodmansey do not want him to resign.
MP Graham Stuart has reacted to news that the latest figures published show that the number of reported crimes in the region has increased.
Office of National Statistics released last week revealed 13pc rise in reported over a twelve month period, September 2015 to 2016 with Police and Crime Commissioner Keith Hunter blaming lack of resources for the rise.
The Yorkshire Party say they are in the process of creating a vision of how Yorkshire would should any plans for devolution be successful.
Their vision will outline the possible changes to localised government, introductions of a Mayor and also the economic impact on the region.
East Riding Campaigners have been overwhelmed by public support for their Care Homes petition which calls for earlier intervention by the Council when private care homes are threatened with closure.
Across the East Riding, nearly 1000 people queued at a number of petition points to sign the petition over a 2 hour period. on Saturday morning.
Northern Powerhouse Minister Andrew Percy has visited Hull as it is announced that the Humber region has received £27.9m of Local Growth Funding as the Growth Deals 3 are announced by government.
Humber Growth Deal 3, follows on from two previous Growth Deals, to help create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth.