Mebyon Kernow - The Party for Cornwall

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No to austerity

MK members have been outspoken critics of the austerity agenda of recent Coalition and Conservative governments and their savage cuts, which has been so detrimental to the vulnerable and the less-well-off.
A different sort of politics

Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall is not like the establishment parties in London. We are based here in Cornwall, we have no vested interests and we are not funded by big business.
Local control over planning

MK is campaigning for local control over all aspects of housing and planning, so that local-needs housing and the construction of new council houses can be prioritised.
Action on Climate Change

The threat of climate change is the defining issue of the 21st century. We face a climate emergency and many countries, all over the World, are facing terrible environmental threats and radical action is needed now to save the planet.
Fair funding for Cornwall

Mebyon Kernow is campaigning for legislation to guarantee that places like Cornwall receive their fair share of investment, to ensure that we have the best quality public services that we have a right to expect.
More power to Cornwall

MK members believe that people living in Cornwall know what is best for Cornwall. For more than twenty years, they have been at the forefront of the campaign for the greater self-government of Cornwall, through the establishment of a Cornish Assembly.

Standing Up For Cornwall

Mebyon Kernow is a political party with a difference. Join us to secure greater self-government for Cornwall and a better deal for our local communities. Based here in Cornwall, MK is not in the pocket of big business and has no political masters in London to please. Our members always fight for what is best for Cornwall.

Mebyon Kernow is a progressive left-of-centre party and we are striving to build a confident and outward-looking Cornwall that has the power to take decisions for itself.

Our policies are founded on three core values:

Prosperity for all
Social justice
Environmental protection

Mebyon Kernow also believes that the historic nation of Cornwall, with its own distinct identity, language and heritage, has the same right to self-determination as other constituent parts of the UK, such as Scotland and Wales. We are leading the campaign for the creation of a National Assembly for Cornwall. For more information on our proposal, please read our policy document:
"Towards a National Assembly of Cornwall"

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Cornish Nation No.83 Out Now

Mebyon Kernow has just published the latest edition of Cornish Nation magazine, which will be sent to MK members this week.

19th November 2020

Mebyon Kernow strongly objects to the “Planning for the Future” White Paper. It is our view that there are already many problems with the existing National Planning Policy Framework, not least because of the “presumption in favour” of development which has led to unchecked and damaging development that local communities have been unable to prevent.

19th November 2020

MPs fail to oppose Devonwall

Mebyon Kernow has criticized Cornwall’s six MPs for failing to amend the Parliamentary Constituencies Bill in order to ensure that cross-Tamar “Devonwall” seats are not created in the future.

19th November 2020

Latest Blog Posts

Public service broadcaster for Cornwall

It is bad news that the BBC has taken the decision to cut 450 jobs in its regional news and current affairs television and radio programming. I find this particularly disappointing as it has always been my view that we need broadcasting to be less dominated by London and other metropolitan centres.

19th November 2020

MPs need to rethink white paper

The Government has published a White Paper called “Planning for the Future,” which sets out its proposals for a much changed planning system. I think it will be a disaster for Cornwall and I agree with a leading economist that, in many ways, it dismantles the existing system and hands power over to developers.

19th November 2020

It is time to back British farming

In its manifesto for the 2019 General Election – just ten months ago – the Conservative Party pledged to “raise standards” in areas such as “animal welfare, agriculture and the environment.”

19th November 2020

Well done to Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford, his thousands and thousands of supporters, and all those charities, altruistic businesses and individuals, for pressuring the UK government into a massive u-turn on the issue of free school meal provision for low-income.

19th November 2020