Jeffrey Cuthbert Have a go Hero?

I see Jeffrey Cuthbert AM for Caerphilly as put pen to paper in his latest attack on me in the Rhymney Valley Express. Well Mr Cuthbert if you didn't know what your top Labour leaders are saying, how out of touch are you. Alistair Darling MP has said Labour cuts would be 10% less than the Con/Dems. Ed Balls have said there is no need to re-look at the Barnett Formula and Ed "the red flag" Miliband has apologised the way Labour let the banks run riot in London.

4^th July last year Shadow Children’s Secretary Ed Balls, a former chief economic adviser to Gordon Brown, told Wales on Sunday the controversial Barnett Formula was not unfair despite experts saying it robs Wales of £300m a year. A high proportion of people in Wales already received benefits and tax credits, he claimed.

23^rd March last year, Alistair Darling's admission that Labour cuts will be "deeper and tougher" than those implemented by Margaret Thatcher

Labour’s conference this year, Ed Miliband, whose personal poll ratings are in desperate ... concedes to a failure to properly regulate the banks,

Labour cost Wales £millions on Tution Fees, Thanks Tony Blair

First Minister Carwyn Jones says cutting the maximum university fee for students in England by a third would save Wales money. Labour leader Ed Miliband has said his party would reduce the tuition fee cap from £9,000 to £6,000 if in power.

Most Welsh students are set to pay about £3,400 a year from 2012, with the Welsh Government paying the rest. Mr Jones said it could mean the Wales saving "a lot of money" if Labour win the next UK election.

So when Tony Blair’s Labour party first introduced tuition fees, they in fact cost Wales millions of pounds. The last Labour government as under funded Wales via the unfair Barnett Formula. The sad fact Wales has generally lost millions of pounds over the thirteen years of a Labour government.

Fears over £65bn 'NHS mortgage' thanks to Labour

The NHS in England faces a total bill of £65bn for new hospitals built under the private finance initiative (PFI), figures obtained by the BBC indicate.

The so-called "NHS mortgage" means that for some trusts annual repayments take up more than 10% of their turnover.

Economists said the fees, which rise each year, would make it harder to achieve savings while doctors said they would mean less money for patient care.

But the government said the 103 schemes were providing value for money.

Under the schemes, private firms pay for and build new hospitals and mental health units, leaving the NHS to pay off what is effectively its mortgage over a period of 30 or so years.

The data shows that the value of the projects when they were built was £11.3bn.

However, over the lifetime of the deals, the NHS is due to pay back £65.1bn, once extra costs such as maintenance, cleaning and catering are taken into account.

The figures also reveal the levels of repayments are rising. In total, the NHS currently pays back £1.25bn each year - a figure which rises year-on-year until 2030 when it will top £2.3bn. The final payment will not be made until 2048.

Plaid caerphilly v Labour RCT

The Plaid-led Caerfilli council has also frozen Councillors’ allowances since 2008; it was another three years before RCT council followed suit. Caerfilli council also froze council tax for this year and intends to freeze them again next year whereas in Rhondda Cynon Taf council tax rose by 2.95% this year.

Councillor Jarman said: “The Labour-led administration has treated its workers with total disregard by making them the scapegoats for their budget deficit. What they have done to loyal council employees in the last year would make even the most right-wing of Conservative local authorities blush.

Caerphilly council was not the only council to lose money

Local Authorities who lost money with the Icelandic banks include Kent county council with £50m; Nottingham city council, £42m; Norfolk county council, £32.5m; Dorset county council, and Hertfordshire county council, both £28m. Fifteen police forces and numerous charities also lost their investments in Iceland.

Ed Balls 'deeply sorry' over banking crisis

Ed Balls has said he is "deeply sorry" for the previous Labour government's role in the banking crisis. Finally a former Labour cabinet member appolgise for their role in the banking crisis.

Helen Mary Jones on Dole

I see Helen Mary is signing on, I know how she feels. I was made redundant after 13 years loyal and found myself living on £65 a week.