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Dyson sets out plans to boost high tech industry
David Cameron and Ken Clarke have welcomed Sir James Dyson's "Ingenious Britain" report.
Brown must be recalled to Chilcot
Liam Fox calls for Gordon Brown to be recalled to clarify his evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry.
Community pubs facing tax bombshell
Shapps says that Gordon Brown?s tax inspectors hiking up business rates for local pubs across country
Value for money in your town hall
David Cameron pledges to give more power, discretion and autonomy to local councils.
Labour's legacy is fewer and bigger schools
New analysis reveals that the number of state secondary schools has fallen by 10 per cent under Labour.
David Cameron pays tribute to Michael Foot
Reacting to the announcement of his death, David Cameron has paid tribute to former Labour leader Michael Foot.
Cameron welcomes historic introduction of Leaders' Debates
David Cameron has expressed his delight that General Election TV debates have been agreed on.
Labour attempts to lock in wasteful NHS IT contracts
Stephen O?Brien challenges the Government to come clean about attempts to lock in wasteful NHS IT contracts.
We will end the political control of A levels
Michael Gove announces that a Conservative Government will end political interference in A Levels.
We can't afford another five years of Labour?s economic incompetence
Ken Clarke joined David Cameron and George Osborne in speaking about the economy at Thomson Reuters.

The Mersey Gateway

Mersey Gateway Bridge Toll:

The Government is now refusing to fund this critical piece of infrastructure for the North West. There is a proposal to finance the scheme with a toll which, according to traffic modelling will increase the flows through Warrington by up to 5-10%. This will impact Appleton, Great Sankey, Stockton Heath, Penketh and parts of Lymm. The town is already congested enough, we should not allow the Government to just dump more traffic here. Other parts of the country are having similar schemes funded. Ours should be too.

Over 3000 signatures have now been collected and were recently delivered to Shadow Minister of State for Transport Theresa Villiers. Sign Our Online Petition.

David Mowat has presented to the Planning inspector at the Public Enquiry which took place in Runcorn during May/June. It is crucial that if tolls are imposed they are as low as possible. This is not the current plan. We are fighting to ensure that Warrington gets a better deal. Read More.

Plans to Divert Traffic Through Warrington to Avoid New Toll Bridge

We support the plans to build a new bridge over the Mersey in parallel with the existing blue bridge. However, we are shocked that the Government have failed to commit the funds and apparently plan to make the new and old bridges charge a toll. It is anticipated that the toll could be up to £2 a vehicle.

The consequence of this decision is to divert additional traffic through Warrington. Traffic modelling predicts up to 10% extra. This will impact residents in Appleton, Stretton, Lymm, Penketh and Great Sankey.

The cause is the Government plans to divert infrastructure spending over the next 3-4 years away from the North to pay for the Thames Gateway. It is now becoming clear that Warrington will become a major casualty.

We have so far collected nearly 4000 signatures. Please support our campaign.
Sign Our Online Petition

The public enquiry starts in May. We will be representing the views of local residents and will keep you informed as to the way that this develops.