Balderstone and Kirkholt Liberal Democrats
Campaigning for a fair deal for the people of Balderstone and Kirkholt
What are MPs and Councillors for?
Liberal Democrats believe that our citizens and our communities are the foundation of our democracy. It is from our citizens and communities that Councillors and MPs receive their authority, and they should represent the needs and views of the communities they represent in the Council Chamber or in Parliament.
That is why, here in Rochdale, we set up the Community Forums and Townships, so that local people and groups can present their issues and causes to Councillors and Officers in order that they can be addressed openly in a public forum, returning power to the people.
Major blow and a no show as Rochdale MPs fail to support our pensioners!
Whilst Rochdale MP, Paul Waugh, delivered a massive snub to all Rochdale pensioners who voted for him in the General Election by voting in favour of the cut to the Winter Fuel Allowance, Councillor, Elsie Blundell MP didn’t even bother to vote.
Our elected representatives should be working to make our lives better, and yet for over 10,000 pensioners in Rochdale Constituency the Labour Government’s denial of the winter fuel allowance to anyone not on benefits will be a bitter blow!
Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Balderstone & Kirkholt, Andy Lord told Focus that “Thousands of pensioners around here are worried about losing this vital support. With energy bills set to rise by an around £150 on average, this austerity cut could force vulnerable elderly people in our community to choose between eating and heating this winter.”
LABOUR VOTES TO KEEP THE 2 CHILD BENEFITS CAP!
Your two Labour MP’s, Paul Waugh and Councillor Elsie Blundell, voted to keep the Tories 2 child benefit cap, yet Rochdale has one of the highest levels of child poverty in the UK, with over 25,000 children in the borough living below the poverty line.
Andy Lord, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Balderstone and Kirkholt told Focus “The Tories introduced the 2 child benefit cap and Labour have failed to remove it. Liberal Democrats believe this cap is cruel, and should be stopped immediately.”
The full report for the End Child Poverty Coalition by Loughborough University can be read here!
Thank You!
Andy Kelly and Andy Lord would like to say thank you to everyone who voted in the local and General elections.
Andy Kelly told Focus “This has been a spectacular
General Election for the Liberal Democrats. With 72 MP’s we are the largest 3rd Party in Westminster in over a century!”
“With the Conservatives in total disarray, it is now for the Liberal Democrats to hold the Labour Government to account, just as we are working to hold Labour to account on Rochdale Council.”
Andy Lord added that “Here in Greater Manchester in the local elections in May the Liberal Democrats won more council seats than the Conservatives, and and are the only party with a seat on the GM Combined Authority, which scrutinises the work of the Metro Mayor.”
“The Liberal Democrats have promised to fight for a fair deal for the people of Rochdale, and we
are working hard to continue that fight”
