PM’S TOAST TO CORNWALL G7 – WITH A CUPPA
BORIS Johnson drinks tea from a special G7 mug as he updates the Cabinet yesterday on plans for the G7 Summit.
The Prime Minister, hosting the meeting virtually because of coronavirus restrictions, told WMN readers in a special article yesterday that Carbis Bay, St Ives, was the obvious place to host the Summit because of Cornwall’s place as a centre for renewable energy and conservation, themes of the UK’s presidency of the G7.
The trade union Unite yesterday backed the Summit as good news for Cornwall.
THE G7 summit in Cornwall should be a springboard for an economic blueprint to revive the county, a major union has said.
Unite said Cornwall, with 17 of the most deprived wards in the country, has suffered “years of neglect” by central Government.
The union added that the Duchy had been badly affected by the lack of Government support for the coronavirus-hit tourist economy and the shortfall in funding for local government.
Unite said the G7 summit of the leaders of the world’s top economies at the scenic Carbis Bay, from June 11 to 13, represents “a unique opportunity” to develop an economic template for the county’s development.
Since the pandemic started, Unite has highlighted a roll-call of job losses that have included those at Cornwall Council, Cornwall Airport, St Austell Brewery, the Eden Project and PALL Aerospace.
Unite regional officer Deborah Hopkins said: “The news that the G7 summit is going to be held at Carbis Bay is very welcome, after a dreadful year for the Cornish economy when the pandemic shortened the vital holiday season.”