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Cllr Linda Taylor says the conservatives are looking forward to forming the next administration The Conservatives says they looking forward are to taking full control of Cornwall County Council after returning enough councillors to form a majority. The Conservative Group on Cornwall Council will be forming the next administration following the victory by the party at last week’s local elections. The Conservatives returned 47 councillors, enough to form a majority administration at Cornwall Council, the first time one political group has had overall control of the council since its for...
Former MP Andrew George has been elected to Cornwall Council Former Helston and St Ives MP Andrew George has said he is deeply grateful to have been granted a majority in the Cornwall Council election. Mr George, who lost his seat to Derek Thomas in the 2015 election after eight years in office, said it will be an honour to now represent the people of Heamoor, Ludgvan, Madron, Gulval, Zennor, Morvah, Newmill and surrounding hamlets and moors. The Liberal Democrat thanked the previous incumbent of the new ward, Conservative Simon Elliott, saying he was gracious and kind in defeat. Mr G...
Speaking on Friday evening Cllr Taylor also said: “We will start to deliver on our plan. Tomorrow is the start of a new, big adventure for Cornwall. “We will be working with our six Cornish MPs to make sure we deliver exactly what the people of Cornwall want. I am looking forward to the challenge and working with other candidates who have been selected.” She added: “We will make Cornwall a much better place to live and work.” County Hall has been controlled by a Lib Dem/Independent coalition for the last four years but in recent general elections the Lib Dems had seen suppor...
A Cornish woman was left without the support she needed after the council told her she could not pay her daughter to care for her, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman said. The unnamed woman, who has significant and complex needs, had been using her direct payments to pay her daughter to provide care for her. But Cornwall Council told the family this was not allowed because the daughter lived with her. The council said paid care could only be provided by a live-in family member in exceptional circumstances, where it could not be provided by an external agency. In this case, t...