Tories target women

Last week “Blue Sky” thinkers around Prime Minister David Cameron suggested childcare cuts, reduction in maternity leave rights and ensuring women who are teachers or work in the NHS are in fear of job loss need to be introduced to kick start the economy. However despite rowing back from some of these crazy ideas, since the Tory [...]

Sad times ahead for our town and its citizens

This week we face sad and worrying times in Blackburn as a consequence of the vicious cuts imposed by the Tory High Executioners in Westminster supported by their Liberal Democrat poodles. The members of those parties locally should hang their heads in shame at the damage their colleagues in Government are inflicting on our town and [...]

Welcome to an uncertain 2011

Imagine waking up tomorrow and finding your household income down by a quarter. What would you cut from your household budget and what effect would that have, do you pay your mortgage or buy food?

That’s the problem we face in Blackburn because of the Tory led Coalition Government.

As a result of cuts being handed out by [...]

Where will the cuts end!

The shortsightedness of Tory policy astounds me more each day.  With every day the TV news and the local press highlight more drastic cuts announced by the local Council and the national government.

There has been much publicity surrounding Blackburn Council’s decision to close Shadsworth Leisure Centre as well as a string of community centres in deprived [...]