http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Councillor Neil Poole en-GB Councillor Neil Poole http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Councillor Neil Poole 2010-03-11T09:09+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000095/voting_age_should_be_lowered.html Lizee said. "After taking politics classes in my first year of college, I realised I wanted to make a change; of course my one vote alone wont make much difference, but I could try! So, imagine my dismay when I was told I'm just a smidgen too young to vote in the general elections this year - my birthday is in the middle of June. 2010-02-10T20:20+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000092/ethel_austin_goes_into_administration.html Cllr Neil Poole, who also chairs the North Lincolnshire Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), said: "This is bad news for both Scunthorpe and Ashby High Streets. 2010-02-09T14:20+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000094/blair_turned_a_blind_eye_to_iraq_intelligence.html 2010-01-25T16:16+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000093/a_delay_in_upgrading_the_a160_will_cost_jobs.html A delay in upgrading the A160 is sending the wrong message to national and international investors. 2010-01-17T20:46+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000091/the_election_starting_gun_has_been_fired_in_scunthorpe.html The election starting gun has been fired in Scunthorpe, despite the Prime Minister refusing to name a date for the poll. 2010-01-10T20:37+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000090/action_needed_to_prevent_unemployment_claiming_another_generation.html The governments latest unemployment figures showing youth unemployment at a record high (32 %) 2010-01-01T15:00+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000088/letter_viewpoint.html The latest Government delays in the rolling of Personal Accounts announced in the Pre-Budget Report is a clear example that this Government's pension reforms are in disarray. 2009-12-15T19:09+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000087/remembrance_sunday.html Remembrance Sunday is always very well supported in Messingham. This year saw record numbers attend the church service and wreath laying ceremony at Messingham's War Memorial. Village organizations were well represented and over twenty wreaths laid 2009-11-10T15:09+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000086/neil_meets_vince_cable.html Neil and Vince took time recently to meet up at the Federation of Small Business Trade Stand. 2009-11-08T14:47+00:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000083/neil_meets_paddy_ashdown.html Neil said, "It was good to talk as they say. Paddy and I bumped into each other outside the main conference hotel in Bournemouth. Paddy was in very good form and wished me well at the forth coming general election". 2009-10-09T20:47+01:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000082/councillor_called_out_by_motorists.html HIGH winds expected to head for North Lincolnshire this weekend could cause road chaos after reports of trees being blown over in the weekend gusts. 2009-10-09T20:38+01:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000085/jobs_fair_a_great_success.html HUNDREDS of job seekers across North Lincolnshire turned out for a recruitment fair in a bid to get themselves back into work. 2009-09-30T21:18+01:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000084/more_apprenticeships_needed.html MORE apprenticeships are needed to help tackle the rising number of young people who are unemployed, business leaders have said. 2009-09-15T17:17+01:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000080/think_again_on_humber_bridge_lord_adonis_call_from_cllr_neil_poole.html Federation of Small Businesses North Lincolnshire & West Lindsey Branch Chair, Clr Neil Poole, has written a strongly worded letter to Lord Adonis, Secretary of State for Transport, on the contentious subject of tolls on the Humber Bridge. 2009-08-18T17:46+01:00 http://www.neilpoole.org.uk/news/000081/letter_to_the_secretary_of_state_for_transport.html 2009-08-18T17:01+01:00