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| David Cameron's mother signs anti-cuts petition | David Cameron's mother signs anti-cuts petition |
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| David Cameron's mother has signed a petition against cuts to children's centres in his constituency. | David Cameron's mother has signed a petition against cuts to children's centres in his constituency. |
| Mary Cameron, 81, has put her name to a campaign against plans by Conservative-run Oxfordshire County Council to close a number of the centres, according to the Daily Mirror. | Mary Cameron, 81, has put her name to a campaign against plans by Conservative-run Oxfordshire County Council to close a number of the centres, according to the Daily Mirror. |
| The BBC has seen a petition which shows the signature of Mary Cameron alongside her middle name and post code. | The BBC has seen a petition which shows the signature of Mary Cameron alongside her middle name and post code. |
| Downing Street declined to comment on the reports or the petition. | Downing Street declined to comment on the reports or the petition. |
| Retired magistrate, Mrs Cameron, told the newspaper: "My name is on the petition but I don't want to discuss this any further." | Retired magistrate, Mrs Cameron, told the newspaper: "My name is on the petition but I don't want to discuss this any further." |
| She reportedly signed the petition while visiting her son in Oxfordshire. | She reportedly signed the petition while visiting her son in Oxfordshire. |
| Oxfordshire County Council leader Ian Hudspeth refused to comment on Mrs Cameron's signing of the petition or the planned cuts. | |
| Campaigners are trying to stop the closure of nearly all of Oxfordshire's 44 children's centres - the county council wants to keep eight hubs, to save £8m pounds. | Campaigners are trying to stop the closure of nearly all of Oxfordshire's 44 children's centres - the county council wants to keep eight hubs, to save £8m pounds. |
| The petition describes the proposals as a "false economy", and says the early intervention services provide numerous economic and other long-term benefits. | The petition describes the proposals as a "false economy", and says the early intervention services provide numerous economic and other long-term benefits. |
| Council workers are to stage a 24-hour strike in protest at the plans. | Council workers are to stage a 24-hour strike in protest at the plans. |
| The prime minister previously wrote to the local authority in his capacity as MP for Witney expressing "disappointment" at planned cuts to museums, libraries and day centres for the elderly. | The prime minister previously wrote to the local authority in his capacity as MP for Witney expressing "disappointment" at planned cuts to museums, libraries and day centres for the elderly. |
| But council leader Mr Hudspeth hit back, saying the cuts were the result of reductions in funding from central government. | But council leader Mr Hudspeth hit back, saying the cuts were the result of reductions in funding from central government. |
| Members of Unite employed in early intervention by Oxfordshire County Council will walk out on strike on February 16 after voting overwhelmingly for industrial action. | Members of Unite employed in early intervention by Oxfordshire County Council will walk out on strike on February 16 after voting overwhelmingly for industrial action. |
| Unite regional officer Chris Gray said his members were "deeply committed" to the children and families they worked with. | Unite regional officer Chris Gray said his members were "deeply committed" to the children and families they worked with. |
| "But they have decided that they cannot sit back and watch while the council denies Oxfordshire's young people a future and destroys its top class children's early intervention service." | "But they have decided that they cannot sit back and watch while the council denies Oxfordshire's young people a future and destroys its top class children's early intervention service." |