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PRESS RELEASE – for immediate use – 6th April 2010
From Norman Irish, Secretary of Wyre and Preston North Constituency Labour Party (01253 891698)
Labour announces General Election Candidate
The Wyre and Preston North Labour Party today announced their parliamentary candidate for the forthcoming General Election will be Cat Smith.
Cat has strong links with the local area having studied and subsequently worked at Lancaster University. During that time she stood for election to Lancaster City Council and campaigned across Wyre during the last General Election. Originally from Barrow-in-Furness, Cat now works as a researcher in Parliament.
Cat has been visiting Labour Party activists in Wyre and Preston North over the Easter weekend and plans to run an active campaign highlighting the stark choice between the Labour Government and the Tories at the election.
Cat Smith said, “I am really looking forward to talking with as many local people as possible about the big issues affecting them and their families. Over the next few weeks we all have a decision to make as to which direction we take as a country – Labour’s policies will secure the economic recovery whereas a Tory government would put everything at risk, taking us back to the dark old days of mass unemployment.
“I’m proud of Labour’s commitment to protecting front line services with guarantees of high standards for everyone – not just the few. Labour’s investment has transformed the NHS – we now have the shortest waiting-times since records began, but it doesn’t stop here – Labour will implement legally binding guarantees for all patients including one-week cancer diagnosis, and the creation of a new National Care Service with free personal care for elderly and disabled people with the highest needs. Tory plans for a freeze on public sector recruitment will decimate public services across the area, with staff that leave not being replaced. Now is not the time to take millions of pounds out of the local economy, but this is just what the drastic Tory cuts would do.
Norman Irish, Secretary of Wyre and Preston North Constituency Labour Party said, “We are delighted to have Cat as our candidate. I’m sure her enthusiasm for campaigning and meeting as many local people as possible will be a massive boost to the campaign. She’s already shown she means business getting out of this past weekend and engaging in local issues from affordable housing to opposing Canataxx”.
ENDS
Notes to Editors:
1. For more information Cat Smith can be contacted on vote@catsmith.org.uk
2. Photo available at: www.catsmith.co.uk/media/cat-smith.jpg
3. An audio file of Cat speaking the above quotes is available on request
4. Cat has a website at http://www.catsmith.co.uk and a Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/votecat
Published by Norman Irish on behalf of Cat Smith both at 58 Hayfield Avenue, Poulton-le-Fydle, Lancashire, FY6 7JH.
