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                           <title><![CDATA[Jude chosen as Cornwall Labour Party Chair]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The Cornwall Labour Party, made up of members from across the county, has chosen Jude Robinson, who was Camborne &amp; Redruth's candidate at the General Election, as its new Chair. 
Jude said: "It is a real privilege to be given the opportunity to work with Labour Party members, councillors and supporters in Cornwall at such an important time. The Lib Dems have abandoned their election promises to protect Cornwall from cuts and are propping up a minority Tory government. Labour is the only opposition in Cornwall and the country to the Lib/Con coalition. We will be working hard to campaign...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jun 2010 10:17:37</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Broken Election Promises in Cornwall]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Cornwall's economic progress could falter as Lib Dem and Tory MPs break the promises they made to voters in the County, says Labour spokesperson Jude Robinson, in response to the threatened cuts from the coalition government.   Jude said: "It isn&rsquo;t a surprise that the Conservatives are now reverting to type and sharpening their axes but it is appalling how easily the Lib Dems have abandoned their principles and election promises.   "All the pledges made the the Tories about 'green' jobs and new industry for Cornwall have been abandoned. Cuts to investment could set our economy back...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:34:13</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[CHALLENGE TO LIB DEM CLAIMS ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Jude Robinson is challenging Lib Dems in Camborne, Redruth and Hayle on claims in their election literature. Julia Goldsworthy is claiming to have won &pound;94 million extra for Cornwall's NHS. This is the sum Labour has allocated to Cornwall's health service over two years 2009-10 and 2010 -11. The regular and independent review of the Market Forces Formula has provided some uplift to Cornwall's NHS allocations (and Lib Dems along with politicans of all parties have supported Cornwall's case) but the bulk of this is Labour investment in the NHS. Health campaigner Graham Webster said: "the Labour Government reviewed the...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 08:56:19</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[WELCOME TO NORTH CORNWALL LABOUR CANDIDATE]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Jude Robinson has welcomed local campaigner Janet Hulme as the North Cornwall candidate for Labour. Jude said: "Janet has worked hard for Labour and Cornwall over many years and it is typical of her commitment that she is prepared to do even more as a candidate in unexpected circumstances. We all welcome her and are delighted to be working with her."  Labour has selected North Cornwall resident Janet Hulme as their new candidate in North Cornwall, after former candidate Peter Watson had to step down due to ill health.Labour's Candidate in North Cornwall, Janet Hulme, said:''Although I have become...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 14 Apr 2010 05:10:02</pubDate>
                           
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                           <description><![CDATA[DEMREF 2010 URGES LABOUR CANDIDATES TO GET INVOLVED FOLLOWING GORDON BROWN&rsquo;S RADICAL REFORM PLEDGES The general election web initiative DEMREF 2010 has called on Labour candidates to declare their views on reforming politics following policy announcements by Gordon Brown. DEMREF 2010 asks candidates where they stand on fixed-term parliaments, changing the electoral system, lowering the voting age and House of Lords reform &ndash; all issues raised by Gordon Brown in his speech on constitutional reform. Earlier this week, DEMREF 2010 released findings which showed that the majority of Labour candidates would back the introduction of fixed-term parliaments. DEMREF 2010 organiser...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:42:42</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[NEW HOUSING POWERS FOR PARISH COUNCILS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour candidate Jude Robinson has welcomed the proposals to give new powers to Parish Councils to initiate small developments of affordable homes in rural villages.   Jude said: "Parish Councillors know their areas and the needs of local people. They are also best placed to demand the best design and location for new homes. This will be good for villages and for young people who want to live where they grew up."  HEALEY ANNOUNCES NEW POWER FOR PARISH COUNCILS TO BOOST AFFORDABLE RURAL HOUSING Housing and Planning Minister John Healey will today (5 April) give a boost to...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 10:34:13</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Budget]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA["In previous recessions, Cornwall always came off worse than the rest of the country. 
"Today, interest rates are low and Cornwall's unemployment rate is 3.3%, less than the national average of 4.4% 
"There is more help for Cornwall's economy with the staggering of fuel tax increases and the business rate cuts.

"Increasing tax credits for pensioners and young families will also help many people who have struggled in this recession, especially with rising food and fuel costs. Cornwall's low wages make that help even more welcome. 
"I am delighted that the budget will continue the support for working people in difficult...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 02:19:00</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[RED LETTER DAY FOR OLLIE]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[First time buyer Oliver (Ollie) Lewarne couldn&rsquo;t believe his luck when mum Alison telephoned Andy Parsons of Lowena Homes marketing agents The New Homes Company to see if there were any affordable properties in the area suitable for her son to buy.
 
Ollie qualified for one of the few remaining low cost flats at Lowena Homes latest development Whym Kibbal, off Wesley Street , Redruth which has been purchased with the help of Lowena&rsquo;s own shared equity scheme which offers up to 20% assistance with the deposit towards a mortgage.
 
Pictured with Jude Robinson, prospective parliamentary labour candidate for Camborne,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:05:16</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[ED BALLS LISTENS TO US - WHY WON'T CORNWALL?]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Over the past year, Cabinet Minister Ed Balls has been exchanging letters with a 14 year old boy from Cornwall, although his mother has found it impossible to get a meeting with Cornwall Council officers to discuss special educational needs.

Pictured: Jude Robinson, Lee Jameson and Debi Evans with some of the letters from Labour's Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families, Ed Balls to Debi's son David. 

Labour candidates Jude Robinson (Camborne, Redruth &amp; Hayle) and Lee Jameson (St Austell and Newquay) met with Debi Evans and other mothers this week to hear about the lack of support for...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:35:36</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[SAVE OUR SURE STARTS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[David Cameron&rsquo;s cuts to Sure Start children&rsquo;s centres would deal a devastating blow to families in Cornwall on middle and modest incomes &ndash; that was the message from Jude Robinson as she launched Cornwall Labour Party&rsquo;s &ldquo;Save Our Sure Start&rdquo; campaign against Tory plans to take &pound;200 million from Sure Start.On the same day that Labour announced it has delivered on its pledge to build 3,500 Sure Start centres across England, the campaign in Cornwall against Conservative plans to cut Sure Start for families on middle and modest incomes gathered pace, with people campaigning door to door and online at...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:54:06</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR INVESTS £69 MILLION MORE IN CORNWALL'S SCHOOLS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Cornwall Labour Party has welcomed Labour's &pound;69 million investment in Cornwall's schools, announced today by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.  Jude Robinson said: "We are proud of Labour's investment in our children, our schools and our county. The best education is absolutely vital to providing a better future and more opportunities.  "From Penzance to Pool, Camborne to Curnow, Redruth to Poltair, Labour is providing funds so that our schools can be refurbished and improved.  "The Tories neglected Cornwall and our schools for 18 years. The Liberal Democrats have given us nothing but an expensive Unitary...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:20:53</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LIB DEMS RUN FOR COVER AS UNITARY PROMISES BROKEN]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Cornwall's Lib Dem MPs should explain why their party's promises of &pound;71 million in savings at Cornwall Council have proved to be as much rubbish as the county's growing waste mountain, says Jude Robinson, Labour candidate in Camborne, Redruth &amp; Hayle. Jude said: "Without the promised savings, taxpayers face higher bills and savage cuts. Government funding for Cornwall is still rising above inflation but we will not benefit because money has been squandered by the Council. "The LIb Dem MPs lobbied for the change to Unitary and their councillors promised &pound;71 million savings. Of this, they said &pound;29 million would...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:46:46</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[COUNCIL CUTS ARE TORY CHOICE ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[The job cuts proposed at Cornwall Council are the choice of the Tory, Independent and Mebyon Kernow alliance, not the result of a cut in government funding, says Jude Robinson, Parliamentary candidate for Camborne, Redruth &amp; Hayle, speaking on behalf of Cornwall Labour Party. 
"Cornwall is getting a 4.5% increase in grant this year from the Labour government. That is more than &pound;9 million more, it is above inflation and it is again amongst the highest increases in the country.

"Listening to the Tory 'spin', people get the impression the cuts are caused by government but the opposite is true. 
"Government...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 03:28:16</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[CITY OF CULTURE FAILURE A 'BLESSING IN DISGUISE']]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Jude Robinson, Labour PPC for Camborne, Redruth &amp; Hayle has said that Cornwall's failure to win the City of Culture bid is the best outcome. 
Jude said: 
"Sadly, the failure of the bid is a blessing in disguise, although I regret the need to say this. 
"The Council's Children's Services are failing and have to be supported by government, care for the elderly and disabled is an underfunded scandal, the waste and landfill plans are in crisis and our housing services are in difficulty. Cornwall Council needs to focus on its core services, get its finances in order and deliver...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 05:21:15</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[Minister at Trewirgie School]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour's Parliamentary Candidate for Camborne, Redruth &amp; Hayle, Jude Robinson took South West Minister Rt Hon Jim Knight MP to meet with local Headteacher Dave Simons of Trewirgie School during his recent Ministerial tour.  Picture: Jude Robinson with Head Dave Simons and Rt Hon Jim Knight MP, MInister for Employment and Minister for the South West, in front of Trewirgie's landmark clock tower.  
Jude said: "Jim Knight was the Schools Minister until recently and has lost none of his passion for education. 
"Among the topics discussed was the Ofsted regime and Dave Simons has been very open about...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 07:39:52</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[JUDE BACKING HUNTING BAN ]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Jude Robinson, Labour's Prospective parliamentary candidate for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle pledged &ldquo;no return to cruelty&rdquo; as she backed an IFAW in Action campaign to protect the ban on the cruel sport of hunting with dogs.
 
Five years after the Hunting Act came into force in England and Wales, IFAW in Action, a part of the global International Fund for Animal Welfare movement, has published a new report &lsquo;No Return to Cruelty&rsquo;, and released a three-minute compilation of video footage showing examples of hunting cruelty before the ban.
 
The new report and footage were sent to MPs and prospective parliamentary...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 01:59:14</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[LABOUR ORDERS FULL REVIEW OF UGI DECISION]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Jude Robinson, Labour candidate for Camborne &amp; Redruth has welcomed the news that Secretary of State for Health Andy Burnham has referred the decision over the transfer of UGI cancer surgery for an independent review. The move was approved by Lib Dems at Cornwall Council almost two years ago but proved very controversial and campaigners are very angry at the way public accountability was bypassed by the Lib Dems. The letter from Andy Burnham, Labour Health Secretary, is attached here  
Jude said: "Sadly, this has undermined confidence in the NHS but the real problem was the complete inability of...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 07:55:38</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[TIME TO END COUNCIL HOKEY COKEY OVER WASTE PLANS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour PPCs Jude Robinson and Lee Jameson are hoping that, for the sake of taxpayers in Cornwall, the on/off decisions over waste plans have finally come to an end. 
Jude Robinson said: "The 'hokey cokey' decisions over waste proposals have cost taxpayers too much already. The Council must keep to its commitment to close United Downs landfill and get on with tackling Cornwall's waste crisis."

Lee Jamieson, PPC for St Austell and Newquay said: "The Lib Dems put forward the waste plans and signed up the contract for the plant at St Dennis. My opponent Stephen Gilbert and his fellow Lib...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:04:09</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[JUDE BACKS CALL FOR JARGON FREE POLITICS]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Jude Robinson, Labour's parliamentary candidate for Camborne, Redruth &amp; Hayle has joined learning disability charity Mencap in calling for all political parties to ensure their election material is accessible to everyone.  Jude said "I was more than happy to sign up to this pledge because jargon drives me up the wall! Even so, it is easy to slip into it whatever walk of life you are in and get used to words and phrases that are completely meaningless to everyone else. I'm not surprised it puts people off voting, so this is a serious issue." In a recent survey,...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 06:05:44</pubDate>
                           
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                           <title><![CDATA[GOVERNMENT HELP FOR CORNWALL COUNCIL ON EMPTY HOMES]]></title>
                           <description><![CDATA[Labour candidate Jude Robinson has welcomed extra government help for Cornwall Council, which has failed to tackle the problem of empty homes in the county.  The Housing Minister John Healey today announced &pound;1 million to help some of the worst performing councils to tackle the problem. Cornwall Council will receive &pound;53,000 to assist the council "to develop an empty homes strategy and appoint a coordinator together with a training programme for staff to increase skill levels and enable long-term empty homes to be tackled. Jude said: "Bringing empty houses back into use will provide homes for local people as...]]></description>
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                           <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 06:06:19</pubDate>
                           
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