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WALES NEEDS FAIR DEAL

OUR SCHOOLS IN CRISIS: IN SCHOOLS SPENDING
100 TEACHERS TO GO Welsh Conservatives have called for the review into
education spending in Wales to get to the heart
of funding problems in our schools, colleges and
LIB DEM COUNCIL CUTS £1,000,000 FROM SCHOOLS universities.
BUT ACCEPTS PAY BONANZA FOR TOP POLITICIANS Currently, pupils receive £527 less than those in
England as the Welsh Assembly Government refuses
Swansea’s Liberal Democrat/Plaid Cymru-run Council to spend what it should on our schools. At the same
has slashed £1 million from our local schools in this time, our colleges and universities face the prospect
year’s Budget. Conservative Councillors attempted of cutting courses, jobs and student places because
to block this move, but the LibDems, Independents of budget problems.
and Plaid Cymru Councillors forced the cuts through.
Councillor René Kinzett, the Conservative Candidate
The cuts to education funding locally could mean for Swansea West, said: “The Assembly Government
up to 100 teachers being made redundant and an has short-changed our pupils, students and teaching
end to music lessons and the axing of one-to-one staff for far too long. We need to focus spending on
support for children with additional learning needs. front-line education and cut bureaucracy.”

At the same time, the senior Councillors in the

LibDem/Plaid coalition in charge at County Hall will
benefit from a big cash bonus, which will see the
Leader of the Council’s pay rise to £58,000 and the
other 9 “Cabinet Councillors” pay soar up to £40,000
per person.
René Kinzett is urging Swansea Council to reverse
Leader of the Conservative Opposition on Swansea the £1m schools budget cut
Council and Parliamentary Candidate for Swansea
West, René Kinzett said: “The Conservative Opposition proposed wanted to
protect our children’s education, but the majority of
“It is shameful that a Liberal Democrat/Plaid- Swansea’s other councillors voted against us.
run Council is cutting teachers whilst accepting
an increase in the size of the trough for senior “If the LibDems and Plaid can’t be trusted to run
Councillors to get their noses into. our local schools, how can they be trusted in School Children in Wales are funded at £527 per
pupil less than in England
government?”, asked Councillor Kinzett.

CONSERVATIVES IN POLL
TENNIS CENTRE TO CLOSE POSITION IN WALES
Despite a well organised and very vocal campaign In the most recent elections in Wales, the Welsh
against the proposals to close the City’s prestigious Conservatives have topped the poll and pushed
indoor Tennis Centre, Swansea Council is set to press Labour off the top-spot for the first time since 1918.
ahead with its plans to close it by April. Plaid Cymru finished a poor third and the
Liberal Democrats finished in distant fifth
A motion proposed by the Leader of the place behind even the United Kingdom
Conservative Opposition, Councillor René Kinzett, Independence Party.
was defeated by a handful of votes as a coalition
of LibDems, Plaid and so-called “independent” Wales now has Conservative MEP Dr Kaye
Councillors rejected calls from users and sports stars Swinburne as its top-placed Member of the
to keep the Tennis Centre open. European Parliament. Kaye has extensive
experience of international finance and
Councillor Kinzett said: “All we were asking was for banking and has been appointed as
the Council to give the Centre’s users a few more the Coordinator of the EU Parliament’s
months to come up with proposals to run it as a not- Economics Committee and the new
for-profit company. Swansea Council should hang its temporary committee looking into global
René Kinzett wants the LibDems to reverse their
head in shame at its actions”. decision to close the tennis centre financial crisis.

CONSERVATIVES FIGHT FOR SWANSEA

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WE MUST FIX LABOUR’S
BROKEN BRITAIN
David Cameron’s Conservatives want to fix Broken
Britain. Every time we turn on the TV news or open
a newspaper, we see shocking instances of violent
crime, abuse and anti-social behaviour. We also see
an economy in tatters, weighed down by record
levels of government borrowing. People all agree -
we cannot go on like this.
The amount of Knife and gun crime have
risen under Labour and are higher now than
in 1997. But police officers are spending
50% more of their time sitting behind desks
form-filling. Conservatives want to get the
police back on the street, fighting crime.
We will give communities the power to elect
their own police chiefs so that crime-fighting
HOLDING FAILED EU
BUDGET TO ACCOUNT
Welsh Conservatives are leading the way in Europe
in holding the European Commission to account
for its failure to submit proper accounts to the EU
Parliament.
This year, for the first time ever, the EU’s
Court of Auditors have presented a clean
set of accounts to the Parliament, but still
masses of legalistic and regulatory errors
remain in the EU’s accounts.
Welsh Conservative Member of the European
Parliament, Dr Kaye Swinburne, challenged
the Commission over its failings and
said: “when taxpayers’ money is at stake,
standards of accountability can never be too
high”.
CONSERVATIVES CHOSE WELL-KNOWN LOCAL
COUNCILLOR AS NEXT MP FOR SWANSEA WEST
Local Councillor René Kinzett has been the man
chosen by the Conservatives to become the next MP
for Swansea West. With the retirement of the long-
standing MP Alan Williams, Swansea West has the
chance for a new start with the Conservatives.
René Kinzett was first elected to Swansea Council in
1997 at the age of only 22 and has since represented
the Mayals Ward in Swansea West since 2004. René
has also been a Member of the South Wales Police
Authority, the body which oversees the budget and
performance of senior police officers from Swansea
to Cardiff.
René moved to Swansea in 1994 and he works as a
government affairs adviser on archives and records
issues as well as on culture and education policy.
Caring and campaigning for our community
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priorities can be set locally and police
officers can be more accountable to the
people they serve.
Conservatives will also tackle our broken
economy and reduce the debt mountain
created by this government. We will help
families by ensuring that:
• council tax is frozen for 2 years
• first-time buyers won’t pay stamp duty
• only millionaires will pay inheritance tax
“Conservatives will protect frontline public
services like the NHS and help hard-working
families through this recession. We stand for
fairness and opportunity”, said René Kinzett. n’ Conservatives:
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WELSH AMBULANCE
WAITING TIMES FAILURE
Figures obtained by the Welsh Conservatives have
shown that waiting times for ambulances in Wales
lag far behind those in both England and Scotland.
In 18 out of the 22 local authorities in
Wales, ambulances failed to hit the target
for turning up to an incident within the 8
minute response time.
“Instead of telling us how she intends to
tackle the problems of poor arrival times,
such as delayed handover periods, the
Minister for Health has said she is “sick”
of answering questions about it. Well
the people of Wales are sick and tired of
failure at both Westminster and the Welsh
Councillor René Kinzett will fight for Swansea West
Assembly”, said René Kinzett.