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Jo Crotty, Parliamentary Spokesperson for Warrington South
As Parliamentary Spokesperson I will be updating this site with all the news you need about how the Warrington Liberal Democrats and I are holding your MP to account, as well as our plans for better representation for Warrington in Parliament.
If you have any questions or concerns, or even if you just want to say hello, I encourage you to contact me through info@jocrotty.org.uk.
With my kindest regards,
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Sun 5th Oct 2008
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg MP and North West Lib Dems launched a campaign today in Warrington for high speed rail links for the region. Mr Clegg arrived in Warrington with Norman Baker MP, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Transport to meet with a group of Lib Dem North West Leaders. North West MPs John Leech, Paul Rowen and Andrew Stunell, and Lib Dem Council Leaders from across the North West also attended the regional party's first Leadership Summit.
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Read "Nick Clegg, Jo Crotty and other North West Lib Dems call for government to deliver on high speed rail" in full.
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Wed 1st Oct 2008
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson Jo Crotty has rejected Labour government plans to base a new Titan 'super prison' at the Omega business park development along the M62 in Warrington. Dr Crotty said that siting a new prison in Warrington will be bad for the town.
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Read "Jo Crotty rejects Labour plans for Warrington super prison" in full.
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Wed 1st Oct 2008
Jo Crotty, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Warrington South and councillor for Bewsey & Whitecross ward is calling for Lovely Lane Post Office to be re-opened. The post office on Lovely Lane was closed earlier this year along with five others in Warrington as part of the 2500 Labour Government mandated closures around the country.
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Read "Jo Crotty calls for Lovely Lane Post Office to re-open" in full.
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Fri 19th Sep 2008
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Warrington South Councillor Jo Crotty has called for greater local control over police funding to put a stop to any future threat of cuts in officers. Speaking at her party's national conference in Bournemouth Dr Crotty said, "The best people to set local police priorities are the local police along with local councils and other key local stakeholders. The best people to set budgets are local police authorities who understand the issues on the ground, and the best people to decide on police funding are local police authorities who know the best way to spend the money."
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Read "Jo Crotty calls for more local control to safeguard police numbers" in full.
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Wed 10th Sep 2008
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson for Warrington South Councillor Jo Crotty will call for more police funding for Warrington at her party's conference next week. "At conference I will be pushing for policies that call for more police funding," said Dr Crotty. "This year Warrington and Cheshire nearly lost 120 police officers. This was because the Labour Government gave us the lowest possible police funding increase - well below most measures of inflation. They even threatened to block local attempts to close the funding gap. It is solely down to local initiative that our officers are not being cut and we can pay for improvements such as the new Town Centre Policing Unit."
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Read "Jo Crotty to call for the threat of Warrington police cuts to be lifted" in full.
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Tue 9th Sep 2008
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson Councillor Jo Crotty has had her motion asking the Labour Government to fund a new bridge over the Mersey at Halton passed unanimously by the council. Government funding for the bridge would eliminate the need for a toll on the new crossing which would increase traffic on already congested Warrington streets.
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Read "Jo Crotty gets Council to say 'No to tolls' on Mersey bridge" in full.
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Fri 5th Sep 2008
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesperson Jo Crotty is alerting local residents in Penketh to the controversial dealings of an organisation that collects unwanted clothes from the public. At issue is a recycling bin owned by Gaia-Movement Trust Living Earth Green World that sits in the car park of the Crown and Cushion pub next to St Paul's Church on Warrington Road in Penketh.
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Read "Jo Crotty raises concerns over controversial recycling group" in full.
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With only 7 Councillors, everyone knows the Conservatives can't win here in Warrington.
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"It sounds to me like I should vote for Vince Cable. Vince Cable was against demutualising the building societies back in the 1990s when your government was doing that. Vince Cable was sending me as an economics editor emails every three weeks, about the levels of debt through the last five years and he has been instrumental in saying that the taxpayer needs to be protected nationalising the banks and in having the upside risks as well as the downside ones are the way to go. "
Evan Davis
Today Programme, Radio 4 - 29 September
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