MIKE HILL: The Government doesn’t care ‘a jot’ for ordinary people

Police funding has been slashed by the Government over the last decade leading to the equivalent loss of £39 million in 2018 and the loss of more than 500 frontline police officers at the time and 50 PCSOs.

With no real change to police funding it’s hardly likely that their focus will be on enforcing face covering rules anytime soon.

Don’t get me wrong, the police are there when they are needed, for example when an officer came under attack in one of the supermarkets her colleagues were quickly there to help.

But who helped the three paramedics who were attacked in the region last weekend for simply carrying out their duties, two of which were hospitalised?

The ending of lockdown certainly has its consequences on our emergency services.

Remember it only seems like yesterday that we all applauded a local paramedic who put his life on the line to help others and ended up close to death himself because of COVID 19.

Forget the unhealthy picture of folk forgetting social distancing rules and remember those who cannot even afford to go to a shop, and think on that,.

In this modern society of ours, 2,500 kids in England have been hospitalised with malnutrition.

This week is proving that the Government doesn’t care a jot about ordinary folk.

Furlough could still be a success, but the “Meal Deal” gimmick hasn’t worked and is just about as credible as the launch of the E Scooter hire green energy experiment in Middlesbrough and in our town apparently.

I can honestly assure Mayor Houchen and the Government that E Scooters are not essential to Hartlepool’s recovery.

The biggest con we face is the lack of enthusiasm for renewing thousands of jobs and pushing for nuclear expansion in Hartlepool in favour of his Tory mates in Cumbria.