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William Roache joins the campaign to save Fox's in Uttoxeter
The fight to keep Fox’s biscuits in Uttoxeter had a major boost with star backing from a member of the cast of Coronation Street. William Roache, universally known as Ken Barlow gave his backing to the campaign after being approached by Conservative Prospective MP Andrew Griffiths
Hundreds sign Fox’s Petition
Hundreds of people across Uttoxeter and East Staffordshire have signed a petition to keep Fox’s biscuits in Uttoxeter.
Save Fox's petition launched
A petition has been launched to show support for the Uttoxeter factory threatened with potential closure. Northern Foods recently announced that it planned to close either it’s facility in Uttoxeter, or one in Batley in Yorkshire, in order to develop a new ‘super factory’. The company said a new "super site" would be created at the successful site by 2011, but it had not yet decided which factory would close.
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!!!!
Following the news of the closure of 5 post offices in Burton and Uttoxeter, local Conservatives have launched a campaign to keep them open. Petitions are being placed in shops and pubs across the town, and Conservative activists are going door to door to gain support for the campaign.
The Post Office is to close 5 post offices across the Burton constituency. Branches in High Street Burton, Stapenhill, Marchington, Mayfield and The Heath in Uttoxeter will all be axed under plans by the Government to shut 2500 Post Offices across the country.
Conservatives at Staffordshire County Council say the closure of post offices across the county will be bad news for local communities, particularly elderly people and those without cars. At a meeting of the County Council they accused the Labour administration of failing to follow the lead of other counties which are lobbying central Government and finding innovative ways to secure the future of local post offices.
Burton’s MP has been urged to put people before politics and support a parliamentray motion which could save post offices in Burton from closure. The call comes ahead of a vote in Westminster on Wednesday which could stop all branch closures.
Conservatives offer residents Council Tax savings and better services
Burton & Uttoxeter residents could enjoy a cut in their council tax bill next year if plans by the Conservative opposition to change the council’s budget are accepted at Thursday' s County Council meeting.
Local Conservatives have thrown their weight behind the campaign for an annual commemoration ceremony at the Armed Forces Monument at the National Memorial Arboretum at Alrewas.
Local Conservatives are fighting plans to cut Burton and Uttoxeters MEPs.
A Stretton Parish Councillor and businessman has been chosen to represent local Conservatives at an upcoming by-election.
Uttoxeter Town Councillor Katie-Jo Thomas got a shock recently when she picked up the phone and found from reporter Jodie King she was going to be featured by Radio Stoke on their, "Stoke’s Got Talent" program. The program features young people who have demonstrated real ambition and drive to make the most of their talents and gain success in their chosen career.
A leaked map from the official Post Office Web Site has exposed the grim prospect of Post Office closures in Burton and East Staffordshire.
Tories Make New Year Resolution to ditch the plastic
Local Conservatives have launched a New Year initiative aimed at reducing the use of plastic shopping bags.
Local Conservatives have urged people in Burton & Uttoxeter to back a scheme to bring a smile to the faces of our brave service men and women in Iraq and Afghanistan. Andrew Griffiths, the local Parliamentary candidate is backing "Surprise Supplies" a scheme which aims to send parcels to every single member of the Armed Forces currently serving in operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. Andrew said,
One of Burton’s MEPs has added his weight to the demands for a referendum on the controversial European treaty signed by Gordon Brown.
Residents in Staffordshire could see £22 million extra money for new services under a proposlal outr forward by a Uttoxeter County Councillor.
It has been over a year since Andrew Griffiths was chosen to contest the Uttoxeter and Burton Constituency at the next election for the Conservative Party. He was chosen at an open primary last year at the Pirelli Stadium in Burton. A year of very hectic active campaigning on local issues has followed as Andrew hit the ground running. “I only know one way to do a job and that is to the best of my ability,” Andrew ventured.
Residents in Burton will suffer after another disasterous announcement by the Royal Mail over the scrapping of morning postal deliveries says Andrew Griffiths, Conservative candidate for Burton.
A typical primary school in East Staffordshire will receive at least £50,000 a year less than a similar school elsewhere in the Midlands, the latest figures have revealed.
Andrew Griffiths Prospective Conservative MP for Burton & Uttoxeter joined the Mayor of East Staffordshire Cedric Insley and serving and ex Service men and women at this years Remembrance Day parade in Burton.
As another Armistice Sunday draws near this is the time to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. It is the time also to make sure that our service personnel who are risking their lives today are given proper care and support if they are injured and financial support for their families if they are killed in service. This is what the Military Covenant Campaign instigated by the Royal British Legion is all about.
Motorists in Burton and Uttoxeter have been urged to "get pumped up" in order to improve road stafety across East Stafforshire.
Local Conservatives are calling on people in Burton and Uttoxeter to help raise money for charity by donating their old mobile phones. They hope to raise hundreds of pounds for Guide Dogs for the Blind under the scheme, and help the environment at the same time.
Conservatives have today accused Labour controlled Staffordshire County Council of playing politics over plans to sell off farm land across the county for housing. The comments came as analysis shows that of the 123 farms under threat, only two farms, represented by just one Labour Councillor are affected.
Residents in Burton and Uttoxeter are firmly opposed to giving more power to Brussels according to a survey undertaken by local Conservatives. The news comes as a petition was launched demanding a referendum on the new European Treaty about to be signed by Gordon Brown.
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.
Labour County Council wastes £56,000 on glossy magazine
Local Conservatives have condemned Labour run Staffordshire County Council over a glossy magazine costing Council Tax payers £56,000. The production of the 'Your Staffordshire' magazine, which is delivered free across the county, is an attempt to raise the flagging popularity of the Labour administration after a series of controversial and unpopular decisions.
Home owners across Burton and Uttoxeter now face the prospect of £200 fines from town hall bureaucrats for daring to put up a 'for sale' sign without an expensive Home Information Pack say local Conservatives.
Labour-controlled Staffordshire County Council plan to sell-off local County farms for housing developments, threatening the countryside in the process. Local Conservatives are calling for the farming community to support a protest against the sell off, highlighting the damage such action could have on the Staffordshire rural economy.
Local Conservatives have expressed their shock at new figures which reveal a doubling of the number of penalty notices for disorder issued across Staffordshire.In figures released by the Government this week, the number of disorder notices issued by Police has shot up from 1450 in 2004 to 3209 in 2006.1282 people formally were warned for possession of cannabis last year.
Andrew Griffiths, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Burton and Uttoxeter gave his backing to plans that would see people who commit acts of graffiti being required to clean up after themselves.
Conservative County Councillor are demanding that devastating cuts to the youth service acrss the County are scrapped.
Conservative Parlimentary candidate Andrew Griffiths, has criticised a Royal Mail plan to charge large postal customers higher prices for delivering bulk mail in rural areas. A number of postcode sectors in Uttoxeter are in the area the Royal Mail considers the most rural, and will attract the biggest surcharges. Under the proposal from the Royal Mail prices are set to increase by over 10.2% for bulk mail deliveries in rural areas while prices in urban areas rise by only 3%.
Burton and Uttoxeter’s Conservative Parliamentary Candidate has called for urgent action to tackle the large increase in robberies and burglaries across in East Staffordshire. The comments came as new local crime statistics published by the Government showed 434 burglaries across East Staffordshire in the last 12 months.
Andrew Griffiths, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in Burton and Uttoxeter lent his support for measures to build more homes on genuine brownfield land, but said that necessary infrastructure were essential, and environmental protection like the Green Belt must be maintained.
East Staffs Council will receive no extra money to clean the streets of Burton and Uttoxeter following the public smoking ban according to Conservative Parliamentary spokesman Andrew Griffiths.
Despite the dull and rainy weather people turned out in their hundreds throughout the day to support the first Uttoxeter Farmers Market last Saturday.
Conservative Parliamentary candidate Andrew Griffiths joined campaigners from Burton and Uttoxeter as they marched on Parliament, to campaign against the closure of care homes
Local Conservatives have attacked the Governments announcement that they will close 2,500 Post Offices branches across the country
New figures show 44,000 people across the West Midlands waiting over 12 months and almost 500,000 nationally
Conservative condemns 123 Cautions for sex offences in Staffordshire
More than 100 sex offenders have been cautioned rather than being charged by the police in Staffordshire in the past five years
Conservative Councillors have supported a unique community scheme to bring traffic calming measures to the busy streets and roads of Uttoxeter. The Council will cordinate volunteers and coordinate grant applications to fund the first Uttoxeter Community Speed Watch Scheme.Community Speed Watch schemes rely on local volunteers who are trained to operate speed guns and gather evidence of dangerous driving.
Home owners in Burton and Uttoxeter looking to sell their house or flat will have to pay £600 under new Government regulations from 1 June.
Conservatives in Uttoxeter have thrown their backing behind a scheme to improve safety for pupils on their way to school.Philip Atkins, Staffordshire County Councillor for Uttoxeter Rural, walked with children and their parents to All Saints First School, Denstone to support their efforts to promote Road Safety in Denstone with a Walking Bus. The narrow roads with traffic going to work in the morning and to school at nearby Denstone College has created a dangerous situation in the narrow roads in the village.
People in Burton and Uttoxeter should get a national holiday to celebrate St George’s Day according to Conservative Parliamentary Candidate Andrew Griffiths.
Call for new help for victims of pension scheme closures … and we’re all paying for price for Gordon Brown’s pensions tax.Andrew Griffiths, Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Burton and Uttoxeter today, added his support for demands for new help for the victims of company pension scheme closures in East Staffordshire.
Burton Taxpayers shouldn't foot the bill for MPs propaganda
Burton MP Janet Dean has been condemned by her Conservative Opponent for voting herself £10,000 to spend on "spin and propaganda". The comments came as MPs awarded themselves an extra £6.5 million of taxpayers' money to fund what Mr Griffiths condemned as their own 'shameless self-promotion'. Every MP will be entitled to claim an extra £10,000 a year in expenses to 'communicate' with their constituents. This was a government proposal, opposed by the Conservatives in Parliament, and voted for by Mrs Dean.
Conservatives have demanded that long overdue payments to UK farmers should be speeded up, after MPs condemned the Government's handling of the issue as a disastrous debacle, and called for Margaret Beckett's head.
Burton MP Janet Dean has been criticsed as she failed to take part in a debate in Parliament about the plight of Diary farmers in the region organised by her Labour colleague South Derbyshire MP Mark Todd.Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman Andrew Griffiths said,
Uttoxeter Councillor gets the Kids Digging
Two Junior Archaeological Clubs at the Picknalls and Oldfields Hall Schools have been created thanks to the support of a local Conservative Councillor. A grant of £954.00 from County Councillor Geoff Morrison has been put to good use by Uttoxeter Archaeological Society in order to get younger children interested learning more about the past. Geoff Morrison said “The clubs have proved to be very popular and it is hoped that new clubs can be developed at other local schools that show an interest”.
Burton and Uttoxeter Conservatives have given a guarded welcome to an announcement by supermarket chain Tesco that it will increase its milk prices for dairy farmers.
Worrying increase in deaths from ‘C-diff’ bug – a bigger threat than MRSA Andrew Griffiths, Conservative Spokesman for Burton and Uttoxeter, expressed concern this week at new official figures which have exposed an alarming spread of a new hospital superbug - Clostridium difficile (‘C-diff’).
Revelations that the Government could be fined up to £300 million because of failure to issue farming payments must not effect Uttoxeter farmers say Conservatives. UK taxpayers could face a £300m fine because of the government's failure to pay European subsidies on time to farmers in England .
Council Pay Scheme Could Cost Staffs Tax-Payer £250 More
Conservative opposition councillors at Staffordshire County Council are warning that a new pay scheme for employees could eventually cost taxpayers £50-70 million in back pay and pay protection - meaning that every taxpayer would need to pay an extra £250 to support the council's 30,000 employees.
Tories urge Burton MP to abandon support for ID cards
Burton MP Janet Dean has been urged to drop her support for the Governments Identity Card scheme, and add her name to a new cross-party petition against ID Cards on the Downing Street website. This comes as Conservatives have launched a new campaign against Labour’s plans for ID Cards; David Cameron has pledged to scrap the £20 billion scheme. Burton and uttoxeter Conservative candidate Andrew Griffiths said:
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