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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:
"Towards a National Assembly of 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
"Towards a National Assembly of Cornwall"

Everyone at Mebyon Kernow is extremely saddened to hear of the death of long-standing MK member and passionate Cornishman Neil Plummer.
Mebyon Kernow – the Party for Cornwall has published thirty pledges on behalf of their candidates standing in the Cornwall Council and town & parish council elections.
Mebyon Kernow is pleased to confirm that it has nominated a total of 25 candidates for the upcoming Town and Parish Council Elections. A number have been elected unopposed, as the number of candidates in certain areas was equal to, or fewer than, the number of seats available.
Mebyon Kernow is pleased to confirm that it has nominated a total of 19 candidates for the upcoming Cornwall Council elections.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
