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WE ARE THE NUMBER ONE ASSOCIATION IN THE

WHOLE OF THE EAST MIDLANDS.

On 9 January 2020 the

House of Commons

approved Boris Johnson’s

Brexit bill by a large

majority of 99 votes – but

without a single Labour

MP voting in favour of the

legislation.

330 MPs voted in favour

of the new withdrawal

agreement bill, while 231

voted against including

169 Labour MPs.

32 members from the

Labour benches had no

vote recorded.

OUR CONSTITUENCY SHOWS THE WAY AGAIN

Interesting that Corby & E Northants Constituency continues to be the ‘Bellwether’

of Parliamentary general election results. Tom Pursglove’s victory was a landslide

here and this was once again reflected in the national vote.

Conservative Association Chairman’s Report to Members

Cllr Lee Wilkes (Association Chairman)

20 Jan 2020

We Did It !!!!!!!!

The General Election. The result of

hours, days, weeks and months of

hard work, on top of the years of

weekly Task Force meetings and

canvassing, was a stunning

General Election result. Tom

Pursglove MP – elected for a 3rd

time, and this time with the

biggest Conservative majority in the

Constituency’s history.

It was a monumental team effort, with

members helping stuff envelopes, deliver

leaflets, tell at polling stations, and canvass

across the constituency.

The result – a 10,268 (17%) majority. With

a swing of 6%, that meant we won a 55.2%

share of the vote. All of that helping the

Conservatives storm to an 80 seat majority

nationally.

In Corby and East Northamptonshire, we

have a winning formula. Task Force and

canvassing sessions throughout the year;

an active Association; and one of the

hardest working groups of Members

around.

Across the country, the Conservatives took

no chances. Whilst the polls were pointing

to a Conservative win, nobody was taking

anything for granted.

One Minister said, “Some of our team were

out door-knocking and this Australian chap

answered the door”, so they said “Can we

count on your support?”, to which he

replied “I’m Lynton Crosby, I helped run the

last two Tory Election campaigns”. And they

said “We know, Sir Lynton, but we

have to make sure”.

Congratulations and a massive

Thank You to you all.

Unitary Applications, Approvals

and Hustings. No sooner is the

General Election over, than we

have to get back on to the Unitary

Elections. By the time you read

this, all of the Approvals will have

been completed and we will be into the

Selections part of the Process. With 9 new

Unitary Wards across our Constituency, and

3 Councillors for each Ward, there is a huge

amount to organise. Not only in selecting

those candidates, but in pulling together

once again to ensure that we capitalise on

the General Election momentum, and

d e l i v e r a C on s e rv a t i v e No r t h

Northamptonshire Unitary Council. CENCA

Deputy Chairman Helen Howell and Harriet

Pentland have provided me with

tremendous support and assistance

throughout this process so far, but much

remains to be done.

Remember that everyone who has been a

Member for at least 3 months has the right

to vote for their preferred Unitary

Councillors. Please look out for the email or

letter from the office telling you when and

where your respective Hustings is being

held.

I don't often thank individual people in

these reports, as there are simply so many

who do so much for the Association and the

Party as a whole. However I simply must

thank my CENCA Management Committee

– Helen Howell, Richard Levell, Harriet

Pentland, Ray Boyd, Eileen Kemp, Ray

Jackson and George Whittaker. The

Continued>>>>

Your Association contact details:

Tickets for all events can be

ordered through the Conservative

Association Office (Ann)

Phone: 01536 200255

Email: office@cenca.co.uk

Web: www.cenca.co.uk

Mail: CENCA, Cottingham Road,

Corby, NN17 1SZ

Management Committee have a lot of

decisions to make, and those decisions are

more numerous and more urgent during

General Election times. It is a great group of

people who do so much behind the scenes.

CENCA – breaking records is becoming

boring, as the membership continues to

increase. I mentioned in my previous

reports that the membership of CENCA was

on the increase. As you know, one of the

things we wanted to do this year was to

communicate more regularly with the

membership, and with voters in general,

and to try and create a larger active

membership. In my last but one report I

notified you all that we had managed to

increase the number of members by almost

15% to 400, and then in my last report I

informed you that the number had

increased again to almost 450 members,

the highest in CENCA’s history. Well we’ve

broken that record – we are now pushing

470 members.

Thank you so much to you all for the

support that you give to CENCA, our MP and

our Party. We truly are a winning

combination.

Onwards and Upwards!

Councillor Lee Wilkes

Chairman – Corby & East Northamptonshire

Conservative Association

Chairman’s Report - Continued>>>>

Just a thought: ‘If you look at the history of every Labour government we have ever had, they’ve all

finished off with an economic crisis.’ Chancellor Sajid Javid. Dec 2019

Councillor David Sims

would like to remind

residents who live in the

Oakley Vale wards of

Corby that he holds

regular surgeries on the

3rd Saturday of each month (except

in December).

These are held from 9.30am to

11am at the Harpers Brook Public

House.

No appointment necessary.

David has held these surgeries since

he was elected as a councillor.

(David is a great example of how our

cou nci l lo r s can he l p the i r

communities and at the same time

raise their own profile.)

Further to the Chairman’s Report

above, the various hustings to

select candidates for the 9

divisions of the new Unitary

Council were held from 24th to

26th January.

All members were notified of full

details of the hustings and were

invited to attend their respective

selection meetings.

10 Jan 2020

Whilst you’re reading this put on Queen’s ‘We

are the Champions’ - turn up the volume stick

your arms in the air and sway from side to side.

We did it! We saved the country from Jeremy and

John and Diane and Emily and Angela Raynor as

Education Secretary, yes, WE could have had

Angela Raynor as Education Secretary. Let that

sink in for a while and thank your lucky stars.

Labour are now preparing the new political battle

lines for the coming

decade.

Having shown themselves

economically incompetent

by practise with the crash

in 2008 - remember it was

the structural deficit they

ran up more that the global downturn which blew

a hole in the UK finances - and since then with

John McDonnell’s Marxist manifesto, plus the

added give-aways.

Labour’s campaign really was akin to one of

those late night TV adverts for a magical product

that would either clean your house with a swish

of a duster or devices to tone your body without

actually putting in any effort, and indeed the

already physically perfect specimens

demonstrating said device aren’t even breaking

sweat. Just as you think you’re getting to the end

of the advert another sweetener is thrown in –we

won’t just send you one we’ll send you two and

we’ll throw in this handy mini version which you

can use on the bus. In Labour’s case it was Free

broadband, then £58 billion in pensions, then

reduced rail fares. Right minded people were just

thinking how much will all this cost and who’s

paying.

Labour have worked out they can’t out-economy

the Tories on the economy, nobody believes

them. But the environment - now that’s fair

game. Extinction Rebellion (XR) have paved the

way with their ridiculous demonstrations in

London and incidentally what were the Police

doing? And spending £10,000 on vegan meals,

really?

If XR can scare enough people that the icecaps

are going melt in the next ten years Labour might

just make some progress hanging on their

coattails. Remember the tree planting bidding

war during the election. Labour “I’ll see your 300

million trees and raise you 1 billion trees.”

Theresa May has already set a challenging target

of the UK being carbon neutral by 2050. XR’s

demand that this be 2025 is totally unrealistic.

This year the UK produced more electricity from

renewables than from fossil

fuels. That is great progress

but when you consider your

own carbon footprint includes

33% travel and 20% heating

for our homes it’s a fraction

of the energy we consume.

Most of our travel is

petrochemical fossil fuel and our 23 million

homes are mostly heated by gas boilers. Don’t

get me wrong if we could flick a switch and make

the UK carbon zero overnight, we would, but life

just isn’t that easy or rather removing carbon

from an economy isn’t. Many of us are not aware

of the lifestyle changes we would have to make

to get anywhere near the 2025 target. For

example, 62% of all trips are made by fossil fuel

powered cars and 40% of all trips are for leisure

purposes. We could make a big dent in our

carbon footprint if we keep our journeys within

walking and cycling distance.

It will take time to remove our reliance on fossil

fuels and incidentally this is where Labour have

already let us down. During the Blair years no

new Nuclear reactors were commissioned in the

UK, mostly to garner votes from the green lobby.

But consider this, the annual per capita CO2

footprint of each of us is 6.5 tonnes - compare

that to France where it is 4.5 tonnes, the

difference? Well, France generate 72% of their

electricity from Nuclear.

Ultimately removing the UK reliance on Fossil

fuels will take time, will take money and will

involve lifestyle changes. Don’t let Labour

convince you they have the answer

Cllr Kevin Watt

Report from Councillor Kevin Watt – Corby Borough Council

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14 January 2020

Thank you for your correspondence of 19 December 2019. I have carefully considered and noted the arguments set out for a transfer of power from the UK Parliament to the Scottish Parliament to allow further independence referendums. You and your predecessor made a personal promise that the 2014 Independence Referendum was a ‘once in a generation’ vote. The people of Scotland voted decisively on that promise to keep our United Kingdom together, a result which both the Scottish and UK governments committed to respect in the Edinburgh agreement. The UK Government will continue to uphold the democratic decision of the Scottish people and the promise that you made to them. For that reason I cannot agree to any request for a transfer of power that would lead to further independence referendums. Another independence referendum would continue the political stagnation that Scotland has seen for the last decade, with Scottish schools, hospitals and jobs again left behind because of a campaign to separate the United Kingdom. It is time that we all worked to bring the whole of the United Kingdom together and unleash the potential of this great country.

The Right Honourable Nicola Sturgeon MSP

After the election result I

went to Buckingham

palace and I am pleased to

confirm that I am forming a

new government and I’m

proud to say that members

of our new one nation

government - a people’s

government - will set out

from constituencies that

have never returned a

Conservative MP for 100

years.

And yes, they will have an

overwhelming mandate,

from this election, to get

Brexit done and we will

honour that mandate by

January 31.

And so, in this moment of national resolution I

want to speak directly to those who made it

possible and to all voted for us, or the first time,

all those whose pencils may have wavered over

the ballot and who heard the voices of their

parents and their grandparents whispering

anxiously in their ears.

I say thank you for the trust you have placed in us

and in me and we will work round the clock to

repay your trust and to deliver on your priorities

with a parliament that works for you.

And then I want to speak also to those who did

not vote for us or for me and perhaps still wanted

to remain in the EU. And I want you to know that

we in this one nation Conservative Government

will never ignore your good and positive feelings –

of warmth and sympathy towards the other

nations of Europe. Because now is the moment –

precisely as we leave the EU – to let those natural

feelings find renewed expression in building a new

partnership, which is one of the great projects for

next year.

And as we work together with the EU as friends

and sovereign equals in tackling climate change

and terrorism in building academic and scientific

cooperation, redoubling our trading relationship, I

frankly urge everyone on either side of what, after

three and a half years after all has been an

increasingly arid argument, I urge everyone to find

closure and to let the healing begin.

Because I believe, in fact I

know, because I’ve heard it

loud and clear from every

corner of the country that the

overwhelming priority of the

British people now is that we

should focus above all on the

NHS - that simple and beautiful

idea that represents the best of

our country with the biggest

ever cash boost 50,000 more

nurses, 40 new hospitals as

well as providing better

schools, safer streets.

And in the next few weeks and

months we will be bringing

forward proposals to transform

this country with better

i n f r a s t r u c t u r e , b e t t e r

education, better technology.

And if you ask yourselves what is this new

Government going to do, what is he going to do

with his extraordinary majority, I will tell you that is

what we are going to do, we are going to unite and

level up - unite and level up, bringing together the

whole of this incredible United Kingdom of

England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland

together - taking us forward unleashing the

potential of the whole country delivering

opportunity across the entire nation.

And since I know that after five weeks frankly of

electioneering, this country deserves a break from

wrangling, a break from politics, and a permanent

break from talking about Brexit. I hope that

everyone has had a Happy Christmas will greet

the New Year in the knowledge that here in this

people’s Government the work is now being

stepped up to make 2020 a year or prosperity

and growth and hope, and to deliver a Parliament

that works for the people.

Thank you all very much for your help and support

during the election campaign.

Boris Johnson Prime Minister

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER

If you are in Corby shopping and looking for somewhere to eat why not try the Corby

Conservative Club. Lunchtime snacks available from Wednesday to Saturday for

under £7.

Non-members welcome. Check the Club website: www.the-cons.co.uk

Restaurant opening times are on the back of this magazine

TOM PURSGLOVE, MP’s WEEKLY ADVICE SURGERIES

As your local MP, Tom believes it is extremely important to be as accessible as

possible, in order to be able to best help with any problems or concerns that

constituents have. As such, unlike most MPs, he holds weekly advice

surgeries, both in Corby and in East Northamptonshire. The venues for his

surgeries are:

Corby: Corby VCS, The TA Building, Elizabeth Street, Corby, NN17 1PN

Irthlingborough: Irthlingborough Children's Centre, Scarborough St.,

Irthlingborough, NN9 5TT

Raunds: The Hall, Thorpe St, Raunds, NN9 6LT.

Oundle: Oundle Baptist Church, 1 St Osyth's Lane, Oundle, PE8 4BG

Thrapston: Thrapston Library, High Street, Thrapston, NN14 4JJ

To book an appointment, please

telephone 020 7219 8043, as

Tom has decided to operate his

surgeries on an appointments

basis, in order to ensure that

constituents do not have to rush

through their concerns. This

approach also allows Tom to

provide immediate help - he

often makes a start on casework

matters prior to an appointment,

to try and resolve concerns more

quickly, whilst it also allows him

to seek any appropriate advice,

or obtain clarification on

technical points, in advance of

the meeting.

The Annual General Meeting of the

Association has been arranged for Friday

6th March 2020 commencing at 7.30pm.

The meeting will be held at Raunds

Conservative Club. Only fully paid-up

members are entitled to attend and there

will be a doorcheck. The next Executive meeting will be on

Wednesday 5th February 2020 at

7.30pm at Raunds Conservative Club.

We will be holding a

St. George’s Day

Dinner on Friday 24th

April 2020 at Corby

Conservative Club.

Further details to be

announced.

Annual Lunch will be on Sunday 23

February 2020 at Glapthorn Village Hall -

12noon for 12.30 pm - tickets £15pp -

why not come along with family and

friends for a good food and company. The

Grand Draw will take place at the Lunch.

Tickets from Ann 01536 200255

200 Club Monthly draw results

Oct 2019 86 Mr George Whittaker

Nov 2019 25 Mrs Eileen Kemp

Dec 2019 136 Mrs Heather Cromie

17 January 2020

Congratulations to all those who guided us to

such a wonderful victory. One thinks of Chairman

Lee, Helen, Rosemary and Harriet and the

leadership they gave us over many months. I have

commented before on the pleasure the

photographs of canvassing teams going out, full

of laughter and hope and obviously enjoying their

work. It is good they earned such a big reward.

And at the centre was our Parliamentary

candidate Tom, working his socks off, ever

conscious of the need to keep in contact with his

people and responding to them. He earned

everyone’s respect.

There is another group who probably contributed

substantially to the victory, but are unlikely to be

unsung. And I am one of them. I never believed

the majority in the referendum vote would turn

their backs on the wealth and prosperity the EU

had created or fail to provide us with military

defence when the NHS has gobbled up all our

spare cash.

As an ex-industrial officer I was delighted to see

the inward investment into Derby and the North

East of the Japanese car companies solving a

very long standing industrial employment

problem. In no way would I ever turn my back on

regular well paid employment for so many people.

I wanted that money going to Brits who had had a

bad time and no chance of financial security.

Unfortunately my political Party was landed with

the job of leaving the EU, but I was not minded to

follow it. I think there were many like me who

respected with heavy hearts the Party’s view

against their own industrial experience. Was it

these people, true democrats in respecting the

majority view who voted to leave and gave us the

election?

We have got an unexpected Parliamentary

majority, a prime minister we perhaps cannot

quite work out yet, a super MP in Tom who will

work hard for us and with us. Perhaps we have

the tools and opportunities to offset the losses we

are likely to experience. We shall certainly try

hard.

Can we build a one

nation Party?. A few

months ago we

began to see society

beginning to break

up. Wealth was not

fairly distributed and

those at the bottom

seemed to have little

hope under our

conventional politics.

New minimum wages

a n d r e f o r m e d

minimum tax levels were never mentioned, but

Foodbanks were never out of the Press. the

Labour Party sneering they were part of

Conservative Economic Policy.

If we can bring prosperity back to those mining

villages, not perhaps as good a the Japanese car

manufacturers in Sunderland, but secure and

reliable, then we are showing we care. If we can

concentrate of businesses like small local bus

companies, perhaps run and managed by half a

dozen local people for local people connecting

them with work and educational opportunities

over a wider area than their own village.

It will be hard for the people of Sedgefield to trust

us and we will have to take knocks. And the next

election is only four years away. We shall need all

the original wit and enterprise the weirdoes and

nerds can offer!

To everyone’s surprise the election result has

opened enormous opportunities to us. How can

we, now rationed for time, turn these events into

the country we have wanted for years, or at least

since the time of Benjamin Disraeli?

Ray Jackson 200 Club Chairman

If any members would like to submit a letter or

an article for the Magazine or comment on our

contributors’ articles please email the editor at

ray.boyd@talktalk.net. Letters may be edited.

RAY JACKSON - MAINTAINING OUR WINNING STREAK

Ray Jackson

Our Party

Manifesto

‘Thank You’

Thank YOU!

Thanks to the hard work of CPF members like

you across the country, we have achieved the

largest Conservative majority since 1987!

Following months of uncertainty and delay, we

will now be able to leave the European Union by

the end of January, unleash Britain's potential

and focus on the country's priorities:

strengthening the NHS, investing in schools,

safer streets and a strong economy.

For the CPF, it has been a successful election:

• Twelve of the new MPs have been involved with the CPF as Chairman, Voluntary Director,

Champions or Group Coordinators;

• At least eight other Conservative candidates had also actively been involved with the CPF;

• 57% of commitments in the Party's manifesto could be traced back to ideas

proposed by CPF groups;

• 47% of ideas in the CPF Members' Manifesto were reflected in the published

manifesto.

Our value to the Party is more widely recognised

than ever and our influence has never been

greater.

John Penrose

CPF Chairman 16 Dec 2019

NATIONAL

LABOUR PARTY DEBRIEFING. "I just don't get it, we've spent the last 3 and a half years calling working

class people Fascist scum, Nazi pigs, Little Englanders, knuckle-dragging Neanderthals and morons

and when you ask for their vote the b******s vote against us."

OUR CPF CHAIRMAN, GEORGE WHITTAKER HAS

ARRANGED A MEETING FOR TUESDAY 11th

FEBRUARY AT 7pm AT CORBY CONSERVATIVE

CLUB. EVERYONE IS WELCOME. THE SUBJECT IS

‘THE QUEEN’S SPEECH’.

PLEASE CONTACT THE OFFICE IF YOU WOULD LIKE

DETAILS OF THE BRIEFING PAPER.

Our programme this year will start with a

paper in January on the Queen’s Speech for

you to discuss, including any thoughts you

might have on the budget. With the Police

and Crime Commissioner elections in May,

we will be having a paper on Policing in March. This should help members and

others with the knowledge to campaign for

our fantastic PCCs on the doorsteps, but we

will also send all local input to our PCC

candidate.

Last year an average of 200 constituencies

were involved in CPF with about 2000

members contributing. The Party wants to improve on that this year as they now see

the value in how our CPFs are helping shape

our Party and the country’s future.

www.conservativepolicyforum.co.uk

Our 2020 policy consultation paper plan

20 Jan – 1 Mar Queen’s Speech

17 Feb – 29 Mar Policing

11 May – 12 Jul The Environment and

Animal Welfare

13 Jul – 13 Sep Infrastructure, invest-

ment and Devolution

14 Sep – 25 Oct Workers and Families

26 Oct – 13 Dec Public Services

2021

4 Jan – 14 Feb The Union & Constitution

15 Feb – 28 Mar The Justice System

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Tom Pursglove 12 Jan 2020 With a new Parliament, I thought I’d re-share

how you can keep up-to-date with me & get in touch

Email - pursglovet@parliament.uk

Phone- 0207 219 8043

Website - https://votepursglove.co.uk

Facebook - https://facebook.com/TomPursgloveMP/

Twitter- https://twitter.com/VotePursglove

Tom Pursglove 15 Dec 2019 I'm so honoured to have been re-elected and

I'm incredibly grateful to all those who put their trust in me again, and for all

the efforts of my fantastic team in this campaign. Much achieved, more to do -

I won't let you down. Thank you #CorbyEN!

CCA Membership 2020

Our existing Councillors are

reminded that all councillors

must have up-to-date

Conservative Councillors

Association membership

otherwise they will be ineligible

for nomination. New candidates

will need to join the CCA if they

are successful in the election.

Councillors are required to

maintain their membership of

the CCA throughout their term of

office

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Well, didn’t we do well? Congratulations to Tom

and a great upwards movement in votes too. A

little late but a Happier New Year in 2020 to you

all.

Now I ask Boris and his team to firstly ask those

people who voted to leave in 2016 why they did?

• Immigration played a huge part as well as

other issues. We need to get N.H.S in working

order again and migrants who have any quali-

fications to help us in areas we need. Other

migrants who come here for an easy life

should not be allowed in unless they can offer

us something back, also need to speak Eng-

lish to a level that can be understood by all.

• Borders need to be stronger manned and all

lorries searched, our coastline also needs to

be watched very carefully all around the UK. I

am certain that a lot of volunteers would do

stints at look-outs in no longer manned coast

guard huts that are along our coastline.

• Courts/Prisons/Probation-- All need reshap-

ing. Build more prisons, place terrorists in

one prison so they cannot radicalise others,

all agencies must work together properly

throughout the processes. Stop fast tracking

inexperienced prison staff to be governors.

Laws must be stronger against offenders.

• Climate change- So called experts claim we

should go over to ‘modern technology’. For-

give me if I am wrong but don’t wind farms/

solar panels, etc., need huge quantities of oil

products to make the PLASTIC and CONCRETE

to manufacture these? More plastic waste is

not what we need. I don’t have acres of gar-

den but I have in total front and back 14

broad leaved trees and 5 firs which soak up a

lot of CO2 and rainfall, concreting over gar-

dens mean the rainfall, if heavy, has nowhere

to go, causing flooding - if not in your area

certainly in other places. It would also help if

water supply companies stopped leaks and

maintained their pipes. The BBC are great at

frightening our young people showing all the

terrible weather changes going across the

world and blaming Climate Change; our young

people are that worried they are becoming

insular against any other issues.

• The Climate Crisis Claims-- I don’t deny

our weather patterns are different now

and I do listen to all discussions. A few

facts for those who wish to know more

about ‘Modern Technology ‘.

In Southern Spain there is a huge electricity plant

using modern technology which is surrounded by

very large mirrors (2,650 in total) which reflect

the solar sunlight up to the top of a very tall col-

umn. On top of this column is a receiver for the

solar sunlight to be captured then used as elec-

tricity, spare power is stored in huge batteries

below so they can relay electricity even when

dark. I believe there is another large plant like this

one in Morocco, please look it up.

All this sounds great, but, all batteries used need

large amounts of differing minerals that experts

claim we have plenty in/under our ground. Large

areas are to be dug out to obtain these minerals

so usage of Oil/Coal any Fossil Fuels will lessen

over time. Surely taking from our Earth’s core for

these minerals does as much harm as obtaining,

as we do presently, fossil fuels, remembering that

Oil will still be needed in the manufacture of every

part required for this Modern Technology. An

awful amount of plastic/glass has to be made

which is exactly what we do not want.

Another worrying issue for me with this is that

wars are raging on our planet over Oil, it will be no

different when the rest of our planet want these

minerals.

I could go on but unless Boris and his team ask

the working man/woman across our country why

we voted leave he won’t know where to start to re-

unite the country.

I hope I have not depressed anyone but I am sure

that the future is going to be fantastic as Boris will

deal with so many issues during his term as Con-

servative Prime Minister.

Member Dee Davis

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PM TAKES CHARGE IN FIGHT

AGAINST GANGS

“Boris Johnson aims to “cut the head off the

snake” of criminal gangs and restore the

Conservatives’ reputation as the party of

law and order by setting up a cross-

Whitehall taskforce.

The prime minister will take personal

charge of a new cabinet committee to

tackle surging levels of knife crime and

violence, with a particular focus on “county

lines” gangs that are abusing and exploiting

children. Mr Johnson told cabinet ministers

yesterday that he wanted to restore the

party’s reputation on crime, which had been

damaged in recent years.

“He said that we have historically been

strong on law and order but in recent years

been less clear on it,” a cabinet source said.

“He said that he wanted a return to clarity

on it and addressing the concerns of the

British public.” The new committee on

criminal justice will be led by Mr Johnson

and include Priti Patel, the home secretary,

Robert Buckland, the justice secretary,

Geoffrey Cox, the attorney-general, and

Sajid Javid, the chancellor.

There will also be a “rolling cast list” of

ministers from other departments who will

attend. It will be modelled on the Brexit “XO”

committee, which led preparations for no-

deal and is now regarded as a template for

decision-making.”

The Times 15 Jan 2020

SOCIAL SERVICE SOLUTION

“The Conservatives’ general election

manifesto committed it to cross-party

talks on how to fund care for the elderly

but stopped far short of offering a

solution.

Theresa May had proposed

making people pay more

towards their social care in

her 2017 manifesto but

quickly reversed the policy

amid her disastrous

election campaign.

Mr Johnson said his election victory last

month would enable him to publish a plan

within the next 12 months and implement

it by 2025.

“This has been shirked by governments

for about 30 years,” he told BBC

Breakfast. “Now we have the majority we

need, we are going to get on with this so

people can get the care they need in their

old age but don’t have to sell their home.”

He said that changes would be put before

MPs this year and enacted “within this

parliament”. This would be by mid-2024.

“This is a big, big thing,” he said. “This is a

potentially massive change in the way we

fund social care, and we’ve got to get it

right.

The Times 15 Jan 2020

We have heard that hackers are about again and are trying to get access to computers by pretending

to be from the member’s bank. Note that banks will not phone you to tell you about hacking so any

call of this nature is a scam. Hang up and do not call the bank on that line. And obviously CENCA

will never phone you to ask for personal details. Phone the office on 01536 200255 to check.

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10 Jan 2020

Working in conjunction with

Northamptonshire Police, I have now

launched a new home security website as

part of the on-going activity to crack down

on burglary in Northamptonshire.

The site can be found at:

www.protectyourhomenorthants.co.uk and it

carries information from the Force’s

specialist crime prevention officers on how

best to protect your home from burglars.

The advice ranges from ways to secure the

perimeter of your property to what you can

do inside your home to deter burglars and it

also provides a one-stop-shop for all things

home security.

This website is part of our crackdown on

burglary that began in April 2019 and has

resulted so far in a reduction in the number

of burglary offences of more than 30 per

cent. As part of the new focus, every

burglary victim in Northamptonshire is

guaranteed a visit from the police. The

website goes alongside the burglary pack

which will be given out to all victims of

burglary across Northamptonshire. Both of

which have been created as part of a

project funded by my office.

Another major area of work that has been a

priority for me as PFCC has been tackling

the issue of domestic abuse. Last month

saw us launch a major campaign to enlist

hair and beauty professionals in our

continuing efforts to recognise and tackle

domestic abuse which is a significant issue

in Northamptonshire. For example, In May

2019, domestic abuse was 36% of all crime

recorded in Northamptonshire.

Our new campaign is called #Cutitout, and

aims to raise awareness and train salon

staff to recognise the warning signs of

domestic abuse and safely refer clients to

organisations that can help them. #CutitOut

began in Norwich in 2017 when Kerri

McAuley was killed by an abusive partner.

Kerri had earlier confided in her hairdresser

Annie Reilly, and Annie subsequently helped

to develop the campaign.

This new campaign is funded by my office

and is part of a wider strategy that brings

together the work being done by agencies

and voluntary groups to deal with this

significant issue. Anyone concerned about

abuse can contact www.voicenorthants.org

or SunflowerCentre@northants.police.uk

Northamptonshire PFCC

Stephen Mold’s Newsletter

Continued>>>>

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Stephen Mold— continued>>>

As the PFCC, I have a duty to ensure that

the concerns and priorities of residents are

listened to and acted upon.

I receive a great deal of correspondence

from communities across the county about

speeding and dangerous driving on our

roads. A key aspect to delivering safer roads

has been our Community Speed Watch

programme.

More than 770 volunteers in 62 groups

across Northamptonshire work alongside

the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance

to reduce speeding across the county.

Community Speed Watch sees residents

trained to use speed detection devices to

monitor vehicles travelling through their

towns and villages on roads with limits of

20, 30 and 40mph. The registered keeper

of any vehicle caught speeding receives a

warning letter to increase awareness of the

dangers of speeding and encourage them to

slow down.

Between April and November, a total of 686

Community Speed Watch sessions were

carried out by the groups, which resulted in

4,875 warning letters being sent to drivers

caught speeding.

Alongside this, members of the

Northamptonshire Police’s Safer Roads

Team have completed 756 enforcement

sessions in these communities during

2019, which resulted in more than 10,000

offences being detected and processed for

prosecution.

The fees paid by speeding motorists who

attend speed workshops contribute to my

Road Safety Community Fund for good

causes.

Community Speed Watch is a great way to

get involved and play a part in creating a

safer county and I have been privileged to

visit several Speed Watch groups to see

them in action.

If you’re interested in becoming a

Community Speed Watch volunteer, please

visit

www.northants.police.uk/CSW for more

information.

As ever, if you need any help or assistance

please contact me at:

Commissioner@northantspfcc.pnn.gov.uk

Stephen Mold Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for

Northamptonshire

Stephen Mold with Earls Barton Speedwatch volunteers

Our next #CutItOut event takes

place on Monday, February 3 in

Corby.

If you work in the hair and beauty

industry & want to learn more

about how to spot the signs of

#domesticabuse, email

CutItOut@northants.pnn.police.uk

to book your place

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THE MISERABLE OLD GIT - ‘WE MUST DO SOMETHING ABOUT APPOINTMENTS

16 Jan 2020

Happy New Year to all fellow Conservatives.

Who would have thought that at the writing

of my last article that we would be looking at

a tremendous election victory which has

gives Boris an almost unprecedented

majority of 80 in the House. There is no

doubt that all Political parties seriously

misjudged the mood of the electorate and

we have indeed ‘borrowed’ votes from our

Labour rivals which will need to be cemented

into our ranks over the next few years and

paid for. Boris has started extremely well but

I want to start the year by highlighting one

very dear subject - the NHS……..

A short time ago at the beginning of the year

one Saturday night a relative of mine needed

to take his aged mother into the A and E

department of Kettering General Hospital.

My relative did the right thing and dialled

111 to see if any serious pain relief could be

obtained elsewhere such as Keydoc or

indeed an out of hours surgery as his mother

was in agony with her knee joint. They told

him to call an ambulance go to A and E. He

duly did this arrived to find the

following…….About five or more trolleys were

lined up with patients on them and were

accompanied by the very hard working

paramedics who brought them in. This has

the effect of backing up five or more

ambulances and first responders who are

unable to attend further emergences

because they need to ‘hand over the

patient’. This needs to be addressed so that

these first responders can do their job . Also,

the waiting area was full of individuals who

seemed to be suffering mainly from

respiratory issues !

He was left wondering what

on earth all these people

w e re do in g in th is

department and indeed

wondering when his mother

would be seen. Eventually

after some hours she was seen and the

Doctor said that her ailment was ‘neither an

accident nor emergency”. He of course

treated her and sent her home. She and her

son knew this but it was a last resort. They

had, after all, followed the guidance of 111.

My illustration highlights the desperate need

to join up the NHS. There are so many

departments and the first port of call should

be our local surgeries. Have you tried to get

an appointment lately…..Here’s where we

need access seven days a week and

probably 12 hours per day. That way the

coughs and colds and small injuries which

now get to the A and E department can be

avoided.

Boris has pledged a fortune to this

tremendous and hard working NHS but I fear

that the majority of this spend will be

swallowed up in the red tape which seems to

run these organisations.

We need to ‘join up’ the service from start to

finish and from cradle to grave. It is possible,

and this should be the subject of all Party

cross bench review with every Political party

buying in to finding a solution. That way the

NHS will never form part of an election fight

again. - suggestion Boris!

That’s my first rant of the year - and next

time it will probably be Crime and

punishment…..

Bye for now,

MOG

MOG’s comments are obviously his own opinion which do not necessarily reflect the views of the

Conservative Party, our members, the Conservative Association or its management.

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