Lancashire or Greater Manchester?

There's no contest when you look at this map of the NHS.

Wigan Labour will have us join with Greater Manchester (7) with a -£15 Million deficit compared to Lancashire (5) being +£3 Million in surplus.

Cuts will remain whoever wins elections says Labour run Wigan Council

In a clear example that Labour and the Conservatives are one and the same part of the establishment , Deputy chief executive of Labour run Wigan council Paul McKevitt warned the borough will need to keep tightening its belt for at least three years to come regardless of who is in Downing Street at the end of May.

It seems apparent that whatever government is elected, more years of shrinking resources lie ahead and the plan is reflective of this.

Watching all that pornography on taxpayer provided IT may have clouded Councillors judgements as the only cost that was reduced in the Council's budget was Sex shop licenses by a whopping 75%...

'reduced costs from the following: Sex Shop New Licence – £5,177 recalculated at £1,745 Sexual Entertainment Venue New Licence – £3,800 recalculated at £2,023 Sexual Entertainment Venue Renewed Licence – £1,800 recalculated at £870'

Andy Burnham finds patient willing to have a picture taken

Staff track down patient willing to have their picture taken with Andy Burnham...

Labour accused of using 'inappropriate' election poster image of potential 'victim of child abuse'

Clearly local MP Andy Burnham aiming to be Health Minister doesn't know much about broken bones....

Daily Telegraph 24/03/2015 Labour accused of using 'inappropriate' election poster image of potential 'victim of child abuse'

'Paediatric experts said that the X-ray shows the bone of a three to five-year-old with multiple fractures to the lower leg and looks as though the child has been “repeatedly submitted to violence”.

Prof Christopher Colton, emeritus consultant in orthopaedic and accident surgery, Nottingham University Hospital, said: “If that X-ray presented itself at a hospital, all the alarm bells would ring for possible non-accidental injury.

“There are absolutely clear two episodes of violence and possibly the bone bruise is a third."

Prof Colton explained: “There is a fresh fracture in the middle of the leg, which is less than ten days old. Above the ankle there is a healed fracture consistent with a blow to the outer side of the leg, which is at least three to four weeks old.

“On the knee side of the main fracture, there is a slight white haze in the centre of the bone suggesting a healed bone bruise or a healed green stick fracture, about five to six weeks old.”

Prof Colton said there are other possibilities, such as the child having brittle bone disease, however he said he is “90 per cent certain” it is non-accidental injury.

"I have run it past a couple of paediatric colleagues are they both recognised this to be very likely non-accidental injury," he said.

Prof Colton said he contacted the Labour campaign office as well as his local MP over the weekend to raise his concerns, but his calls were not returned'.

Labour Makerfield MP's 'Cash for access row'

Local Labour MP Yvonne Fovargue has come out against MP's having second jobs.

Pity she didn't mention that to Ian McCartney who she replaced as the MP for Makerfield....

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-492887/Cash-access-row-Labour-minister-Ian-McCartney-entertains-nuclear-boss-Commons.html

Wigan Labour party doesn't #believeInHer campaign

Perhaps Wigan council should have got it's own house in order before it started it's #BelieveInHer campaign. (Although we do note no senior members of the Labour party have signed up so far)

The council has but 1 female member out of 8 in its cabinet, compared to 2 out of 3 council staff being female.

Stereotypically that one token female member isn't in charge of housing or finance or planning but looking after the kids!

Is that the Labour partys true thinking on the role of women in the 21st century?

Wigan Labour MP speaks out over Devo Manc

Local Wigan Labour MP Lisa Nandy gave both national Conservative and local Labour politicians a verbal kicking today, 2nd March 2015 in Parliament over Devo Manc.

Listen up Lord Smith of Leigh and George Osborne! as she describes the complete lack of respect and contempt shown to the public.....

Full speech below.