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A NEW DIRECTION FOR A BETTER COMMUNITY

"I am both delighted and proud to have been elected to represent the Dunblane and Bridge of Allan ward on Stirling Council. I have spent many months listening to the views and concerns of local residents, and following my election it is now time to address many of those concerns. By putting an end to waste and profligacy, by ensuring that Stirling's finances are brought under control, and by scrutinising policy I hope that we can deliver a new direction for a better community."

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Monday, April 16, 2007

CONSERVATIVES FOCUS ON EDUCATION


(Above, Left to Right- Hugh McCrea, Neil Benny, Callum Campbell, Mary Kenyon, Bob Dalrymple, and Cllrs Alistair Berrill and David Lonsdale)

Conservative candidates for next month's council elections today highlighted their plans for education in a Conservative administration. Attacking Labour's failure on education, they highlighted the fact that if Conservative alternative budgets had been adopted schools would be £1.7million better off.

Conservative candidate for Stirling West Neil Benny said "Labour has cut spending time and again on Stirling's children, not only this £1.7million, but also on cleaning and other frontline services . So much for "Education, Education, Education".

Conservative candidate for Teith and Trossachs, Mary Kenyon, said, "It's terrible the way that Labour has treated education in Stirling, especially rural schools.
The threatened closure of Lochearnhead Primary should worry all parents in Stirling. The Labour administration has openly targeted all small, rural schools for possible closure. Only a Conservative administration can save rural schools."

Launching their plans for an education system with more independence for teachers and more money for frontline services, Cllr Alistair Berrill, Conservative Education spokesman and candidate for Forth and Endrick said, "the Conservatives can succeed where Labour has failed. We will deliver an education system that gives teachers the freedom to teach and puts pupils and their parents at the centre"

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