Runcorn & Widnes Weekly News

SCHOOL RULES FOR ALL

- Paul McDermott, via email Louise Bours MEP Ukip, North West region

DISCIPLINE in schools is hard enough to impose without ‘outside interferen­ce’.

Parents, in particular, ought to appreciate this.

When a school sends letters to all families before the summer holidays listing four simple specificat­ions for footwear – it ought to be a simple matter to comply: black, leather, able to ‘take a shine’, no advertisin­g logos: what is there to cause offence in this?

Seventy pounds for a glorified pair of pumps? If they aren’t leather, they aren’t shoes – and will almost certainly leak like a sieve in the depths of a typical British winter.

Just because they flaunt a logo advertisin­g the manufactur­er’s name is no excuse for the exorbitant price tag! One rule for everyone. No exceptions. peptide, and if they do not I want to know why not and if the situation is to be reviewed and the test introduced.

Heart failure is an extremely debilitati­ng condition which affects at least 400,000 people in England and while many receive excellent care, a third of GPs and hospital trusts do not have access to the testing.

As well as the unnecessar­y suffering for patients and their potentiall­y reduced life expectancy, the saving to the NHS resulting from early diagnosis, as estimated by the National Institute For Health And Clinical Excellence (NICE) is tremendous.

We are all painfully aware how the NHS is buckling under financial restraints. Here there appears to be a fantastic opportunit­y for long term savings for a relatively small outlay and GPs and individual health trusts must all look at the wider picture. stronger from this summer’s referendum, constructi­on cannot be overlooked again as it plays such a major role in our economy.

We hear daily how crucial it is that we build 1m homes by 2020, and if the referendum taught us anything, it is that we need to invest in the infrastruc­ture of our country to stimulate the economy and redistribu­te wealth beyond the South East.

The constructi­on industry is suffering the worst skills shortage in history. We must turn this into an opportunit­y, to encourage school leavers and graduates into the industry, as well as those looking for a career change, and those leaving military service.

Constructi­on is now a rewarding, well-paid and secure livelihood that can allow people to make a real impact on the built environmen­t.

It may not still be perceived this way, but those perception­s are outdated. Constructi­on is now about sustainabi­lity, technology that allows us to build a house, hotel or restaurant in just three days, creating major infrastruc­ture like Crossrail or HS2 that will last as long as the great building projects of Brunel and Bazalgette, still marvelled at 150 years on from their constructi­on.

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The constructi­on industry is facing a skills shortage

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