Posted by: Jason McCartney | December 24, 2009

Supporting Local Businesses

I had the pleasure of taking Philip Hammond MP, the Shadow Chief Secretary to the treasury, to meet local businesses.

We looked at house building with Conroy Brook developments in Brockholes, engineering with Dathan Gear Cutting in Meltham and more manufacturing with an environmental angle with Disposables UK in Meltham. Thanks to all our hosts for an informative and warm welcome.

Supporting Local Businesses

Supporting Local Businesses

Supporting Local Businesses

A Conservative government will take three key steps to rebuild our broken economy:

  1. We need to get banks lending again. For nearly a year, we have been calling for a National Loan Guarantee Scheme to underwrite bank lending to businesses, to save businesses and protect jobs.
  2. We need a credible plan to get the £175 billion annual deficit under control. That means taking the tough choices in public spending we have set out, such as a one-year public sector pay freeze except for the lowest paid.
  3. We need a plan for growth. We will abolish all tax on jobs created by new companies for two years; we will introduce a radical new programme for everyone who is unemployed so we can Get Britain Working again; and we will create a high-skill economy by building a new generation of technical schools, creating 100,000 new apprenticeships, and funding 10,000 extra university places.

Britain has the resources, people, ingenuity and ideas to get us out of recession. We just need a government that will help, not stand in the way.

Posted by: Jason McCartney | December 13, 2009

The Pride of Honley

The Pride of Honley

Forget Olly, Stacey and Joe; Huddersfield Town Hall was the place to be for a fantastic Saturday night of festive entertainment.

The Honley Male Voice Choir with the world famous Cory Band delighted a packed Town Hall with their Christmas concert. Congratulations to Honley’s new musical team of Keith Roberts and Sue Ogden who were making their first appearance at a Christmas concert with the choir.

I may be slightly biased with my Dad being a longstanding member of Honley Male Voice choir but it really was a cracking night out.

Posted by: Jason McCartney | December 13, 2009

MPs’ Expenses

I thought I’d just repeat my post from May following the latest revelations about MPs’ expenses:

Like everyone I’ve been gobsmacked and appalled by the revelations of MPs’ expenses. I’ve never received a penny in pay, allowances or expenses as a candidate. When I was an Officer an in the RAF we were encouraged to set our own standards and abide by them. In that spirit here are the standards I will apply if I’m elected as your MP:

  1. I will publish in detail any expense I reclaim while in the pursuit of my parliamentary duties.
  2. I will never employ any member of my family in my parliamentary office.
  3. I will live in the constituency (as I do now in the Holme valley) and continue to have my main home among the community I serve.
Posted by: Jason McCartney | December 3, 2009

Christmas Spirit

Christmas Lights in Holmfirth
You can’t beat this time of year for community spirit. I joined Huddersfield Giants’ coach Nathan Brown and Giants’ star Eorl Crabtree for the switching on of the Holmfirth Christmas lights at the weekend. A huge thank you to Cllrs Greg Christofi, Judith Roberts, Royston Rogers and many others for making it happen.

On Tuesday it was Lindley’s turn with yet another rugby league star, Keith Senior (pictured below). Tomorrow it’s the turn of my home village of Honley – I wonder who’ll be doing the honours then?

Keith Senior

Posted by: Jason McCartney | November 24, 2009

Winds of Change

People TalkThe winds of change are blasting down through the valleys, metaphorically and meteorologically. It’s been blowing a gale all weekend. Thank you to all my wonderful supporters for all their hard work in the drizzle. Our positive message of change is paying dividends.

I’ve had heartwarming messages of support from far and wide today. David from Netherthong rang me yesterday afternoon whilst two lovely couples wrote to pledge their support, one from Outlane and another from Crosland Moor.

By the way, thank you for making my website the most read political blog in the area.

Posted by: Jason McCartney | November 17, 2009

Examiner Business Awards

Examiner Business Awards

Congratulations to all the winners and nominees at last week’s Huddersfield Examiner Business Awards held at the Galpharm Stadium.

Despite all the success stories local businesses still need help and a Conservative government would:

  • Establish a temporary National Loans Guarantee Scheme to get credit flowing again and help protect jobs
  • Allow struggling firms to defer their VAT bills for up to six months
  • Cut small firms’ payroll taxes
  • Help companies with the costs of hiring new staff by giving tax breaks for new jobs
  • Cut the main rate of corporation tax
  • Cancel Labour’s planned increase in the small companies tax rate, and cut the rate instead
  • Reducing the burden of regulation to give businesses more freedom and greater flexibility
  • Simplifying employment law to make it easier to hire people
  • Improve skills training and apprenticeships

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