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Meet Andrew
Andrew Griffiths will be the parliamentary candidate for Burton at the next General Election.
Campaigns
No to farm sell offs!Local Conservatives have launched a petition against Staffordshire County Council plans to sell off farm land for large scale hosing development. Burton and Uttoxeter Conservatives have joined up with local concerned residents to launch a campaign against plans which could mean thousands of houses being built on land around Rolleston and other villages in East Staffordshire.
Save Our Care HomesStaffordshire County Council plans to axe Care Homes and Daycare Centres across Staffordshire. Although we recognise that there is an increasing number of elderly people requiring care and that a long term strategy for their care is needed, we do not believe Staffordshire County Council has acted properly in this matter.
Protect Our Post Offices5 post offices are to be axed in Burton and Uttoxeter under a deal between the Post Office & the Government. Branches in High Street and Stappenhil in Burton, Heath in Uttoxeter, and in Marchington and Mayfield will be shut. Post Offices are central to our communities – this is the message from Burton and Uttoxeter residents.
Local News
People in Burton have been urged to support the National Memorial Arboretum in a competition to secure £2.4 million of National Lottery Funding. The Armed Forces Memeorial at the national Memeorial Arboretum has been nominated for a Best Heritage Project Award. The awards are an annual search to find the Uk’s favourite lottery-funded projects.
In a dramatic show of people power, a petition with over 7000 signatures against post office closures in Burton and Uttoxeter was presented to Number 10 Downing Street.
Residents in Burton & uttoxeter face the prospect of a second wave of post office cuts, as new warnings emerged of more closures thanks to Gordon Brown’s government. Under the current closures, Burton will have lost half of its post offices since 1997. However, fresh news from the Federation of Sub-Postmasters means that a further 1 in 4 post offices now face being shut forever, meaning that Burton constituency could lose another 5 branches.
The proposed closure of Marchington post office will leave disabled and elderly people in the village stranded according to local Conservatives opposing the closure.
Eat Staffordshire Conservatives would like to wish everyone in Burton, Uttoxeter and the surrounding villages a happy St. Georges Day!
With just two games to go, Burton Albion are within striking distance of securing a play-off place for promotion to the Football League.On behalf of everyone at East Staffordshire Conservatives, can we wish the Brewers all the luck in the world for the remaining two games. Everyone is rooting for you! Come on you Brewers!!!!
National News
Closer links with the Ulster Unionist PartyDavid Cameron has pledged to give the people of Northern Ireland "a new choice" after starting discussions with the UUP.
A skills revolutionDavid Cameron and David Willetts have launched a Green Paper setting out plans for a training and apprenticeship revolution.
Labour have failed to control binge drinkingShadow Health Minister, Stephen O'Brien, has attacked Labour for failing to tackle binge drinking.
Another day, another U-turnGeorge Osborne has criticised the Government's "complete absence of direction" after Alistair Darling was forced into another U-turn.
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