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LETS PUT ‘BOBBY’ ON THE BEAT IN FAILSWORTH
FREEZING COUNCIL TAX & SPENDING TO DATE IN FAILSWORTH
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Failsworth East Conservative Candidate Robert Barnes has welcomed Cllr Paul Martin's decision to give £1800 of funding from his allocated District Partnership pot direct to Failsworth's Neighbourhood Policing Team. (Bobby) Robert told 'In Touch' "These funds are going to be used on a specific project in Failsworth and have been welcomed. Also welcome is the recent announcement that Police Officer numbers are to GO UP in our Borough". Robert continued "Your local Conservative Party is the Party of law and order, always has been, always will be, and we will support our Police with funding for local neighbourhood projects".
Top: Police on the beat. Bottom: Robert Barnes and Paul Martin
£1800 given to GMP Neighbourhood Policing Team
Issue 05
Conservative Team Freeze Council tax as part of our Campaign pledge to the people of Failsworth, see overleaf for details
Cllr Paul Martin has given £500 to Failsworth Carnival
ROBERT BARNES SELECTED AS CANDIDATE Robert Barnes has been selected as your local Conservative Candidate in Failsworth East for the May elections this year. Robert, who has worked in local Government for 25 years, believes that if elected as your local councillor value for money is key and that the council must be accountable to you, the taxpayer. Robert said “ I am pleased that I have been selected to stand as your local candidate. Having lived in the borough for a number of years I fully understand the issues and concerns of local residents”.
Cllr Paul Robert Barnes: The Local Choice
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Martin has given £500 to Failsworth Villa Junior Football Team
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MACEDONIA MAKEOVER WINS APPROVAL FROM LOCALS Local residents have expressed their amazement at the change after local Conservatives, working with the Council's Street Scene Department, staged a massive clean up at the Macedonia Church, Ashton Rd East. Local Cllr Paul Martin has been amazed by the number of residents who have told him how much better the Church now looks after 2 days hard work. Paul explains "I met with the Reverend of the Church and we both agreed how bad the Church building and the
Church grounds looked. The fencing at the front of the Church was broken and the hedge was thick with sweet wrappers and discarded cans. The Church building itself had been attacked by graffiti artists, some of the graffiti was of a racist nature". Cllr Martin along with a team from Street Scene worked solidly for two days on the site, and over ten tonnes of litter was removed. Trees and shrubs have been cut back so that there are 'no hiding places' for those who want to litter and graffiti. Failsworth Macedonia Church
CONSERVATIVES FREEZE COUNCIL TAX FOR FAILSWORTH After years of Labour rule, your local Conservatives have ensured that finally Council Tax will be frozen for 2011/12. Paul Martin said “Under Labour we saw Council tax rates double meaning hard pressed Failsworth taxpayers were constantly being squeezed”. The plans, designed to help families with the rising cost of living and encourage Oldham Council to be more efficient, will save a typical household around £70. Robert Barnes added “A rise in Council tax this year would have hit the poorest hardest. For a typical pensioner, a third of the increase in their basic state pension would have been eaten up in higher council tax”.
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PAUL MARTIN WARD SURGERY TIMES
COUNCILLOR PAUL MARTIN 4 Elvira Close, Failsworth Manchester,M35 9WE 0798 963 2209
PAUL MARTIN HOLDS ONE WARD SURGERY ON THE FIRST TUESDAY OF EVERY MONTH.
THE PAVILLION, FAILSWORTH MACEDONIA CC, HOLT LANE, FAILSWORTH, (BEHIND THE WILLOW TAVERN) 6PM TILL 7PM.
paul.martin@oldham.gov.uk CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATE ROBERT BARNES
0161 684 7801/07838 111 383 robjohnfairbankjnr@hotmail.com
ROBERT BARNES AND PAUL MARTIN: A RECORD OF ACTION & A PROMISE OF MORE