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04/02/2010

Roberta challenges Clegg on Lib Dems' planned job cuts in Durham

Picture of Roberta challenging Clegg and Huhne at Durham Station

Roberta takes every chance she can to stand up for jobs in Durham which is why she personally tackled the Lib Dem leader, Nick Clegg, and Home Affairs spokesperson, Chris Huhne, on their plans to cut hundreds of jobs at Durham's Passport Office.

 

 

Roberta challenged the two Lib Dems at Durham Station when they arrived in our City earlier on today.

 

 

Roberta Blackman-Woods MP for the City of Durham said,

 


"It has today become clear that Clegg's way of funding his plans is to cut jobs in Durham's Passport Office which administers the voluntary ID cards scheme.



"Clegg needs to come clean on how many of my constituents' jobs he wants to cut.



"I have visited Durham's Passport Office on a number of occasions, including recently with the Minister, Meg Hillier, and I have seen for myself the excellent and very professional job they do.  I want to keep those jobs in this City, but the Lib Dems clearly want rid of them.



"The Lib Dem parliamentary candidate must now tell us if she supports Mr Clegg's plan to take jobs away from our Passport Office.  If she fully supports this policy, will she be reminding people of these plans in her leaflets between now and the election?

 

 

"I also asked Clegg and Huhne if they were coming to Durham to commend the police on their success in reducing the crime rate 14.4% over the past year.  I doubt they will."

 

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