Archive for March, 2010

KEVIN MCKEEVER WELCOMES BUDGET – AND CHALLENGES LOCAL TORIES

Kevin McKeever, Labour Candidate for Harborough, today welcomed the Chancellor’s Budget Statement.

Kevin McKeever said:

“This Budget secures the recovery – rather than putting it at risk

“It builds a future based on growth and jobs – rather than leaving people to a decade of austerity.

“It sets out a clear plan to halve the deficit while protecting frontline services. The Conservatives refuse to match our pledge and continue to conceal their plan.

“We will make these choices in a fair way – standing up for the many, not the few

Kevin McKeever challenged local Conservatives to come clean about their party’s plans:

“ The Conservatives must say how they would meet the challenge that we have set in this Budget.

“How much would the Tories cut from spending in 2010/11? The Tories won’t say.

“How quickly would the Tories halve the deficit? The Tories won’t say.

“By how much would the Tories reduce the structural deficit? The Tories won’t say.

“We’ve set out our plan. It is time for the Tories to come clean.”

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Kevin McKeever pledges support for NSPCC General Election campaign to protect children

Kevin McKeever, Labour’s parliamentary candidate for Harborough, has pledged to support the NSPCC’s ‘I stand for children’ campaign which aims to make child protection a priority for the next Parliament.

Kevin said:  “As a candidate in Harborough I’m supporting the NSPCC’s new campaign to ensure protecting children is a political priority: I Stand for Children.”

The NSPCC’s campaign is calling on candidates to commit to a range of child protection measures including:

• Making the internet safer for children
• Continued funding of helpline services for children and for adults concerned about the safety or welfare of a child
• Tackling domestic violence from a child’s point of view
• Ensuring that vital child protection reforms are fully implemented and resourced, following the death of Baby Peter and other child deaths since
• Provision of resources for vital therapeutic services for children who have experienced abuse
• Strengthening the role of the children’s commissioner in England to act as a genuinely independent voice for children.

The charity’s Diana Sutton, head of the public affairs and campaigns unit at the NSPCC, said: “We need to make sure that the next elected Government keeps child protection high on its list of priorities. By signing up to our campaign, candidates in this next general election can help.  The public can play their role by letting the politicians know what they want done.”

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