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| By-election's regeneration focus | |
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| Candidates in the Glasgow North East by-election have been spending the day campaigning on regeneration. | Candidates in the Glasgow North East by-election have been spending the day campaigning on regeneration. |
| Labour warned the SNP was "ripping off" Glasgow by cutting housing funding, while the Nationalists said new figures showed they were tackling deprivation. | Labour warned the SNP was "ripping off" Glasgow by cutting housing funding, while the Nationalists said new figures showed they were tackling deprivation. |
| The Conservatives were meeting local businesses while the Lib Dems called for more support for children. | |
| Voters will go to the polls on 12 November to elect one of 13 candidates as an MP. | Voters will go to the polls on 12 November to elect one of 13 candidates as an MP. |
| The seat was vacated by former Commons Speaker Michael Martin, who resigned amid the Westminster expenses row. | The seat was vacated by former Commons Speaker Michael Martin, who resigned amid the Westminster expenses row. |
| 'Scourge of poverty' | 'Scourge of poverty' |
| Labour candidate Willie Bain said the Scottish government's draft budget showed a £260m cut in housing and regeneration in the coming year, although ministers have insisted overall planned spending on affordable housing would stay at £1.65bn. | Labour candidate Willie Bain said the Scottish government's draft budget showed a £260m cut in housing and regeneration in the coming year, although ministers have insisted overall planned spending on affordable housing would stay at £1.65bn. |
| "Cutting the housing budget during an economic downturn doesn't make any sense - but that is exactly what the SNP government is going to do and they need to think again," Mr Bain said. | |
| "My city needs more affordable housing projects not only to regenerate communities but to boost the struggling construction industry." | "My city needs more affordable housing projects not only to regenerate communities but to boost the struggling construction industry." |
| David Kerr, the SNP candidate, said new official figures showed the number of deprived areas in Glasgow had fallen 4.5% since the SNP came to power in 2007, although the statistics put the city's Parkhead West and Barrowfield areas as the most deprived parts of Scotland. | David Kerr, the SNP candidate, said new official figures showed the number of deprived areas in Glasgow had fallen 4.5% since the SNP came to power in 2007, although the statistics put the city's Parkhead West and Barrowfield areas as the most deprived parts of Scotland. |
| "The SNP is committed to working with communities in the north east to better housing, tackle crime, improve education and bring an end to the scourge of poverty that has blighted this constituency for generations," said Mr Kerr. | "The SNP is committed to working with communities in the north east to better housing, tackle crime, improve education and bring an end to the scourge of poverty that has blighted this constituency for generations," said Mr Kerr. |
| "Labour are letting local people down with school closures and cuts to education - a move which risks putting areas back into relative poverty." | "Labour are letting local people down with school closures and cuts to education - a move which risks putting areas back into relative poverty." |
| 'Triple-whammy' | |
| Conservative candidate Ruth Davidson said her party was leading the way in Scotland in helping small businesses, while blaming Labour for a "triple whammy" of unemployment, debt and the recession. | Conservative candidate Ruth Davidson said her party was leading the way in Scotland in helping small businesses, while blaming Labour for a "triple whammy" of unemployment, debt and the recession. |
| "Here in Glasgow North East, as in the rest of Britain, the key to economic and social recovery is to get people back to work," she said. | "Here in Glasgow North East, as in the rest of Britain, the key to economic and social recovery is to get people back to work," she said. |
| "Our detailed plans would make a real difference. They would protect jobs, create new opportunities and help retrain those seeking work." | "Our detailed plans would make a real difference. They would protect jobs, create new opportunities and help retrain those seeking work." |
| Liberal Democrat candidate Eileen Baxendale called for more to be done to give children the best possible start in life, saying Labour and Glasgow City Council had not done enough to address the issue. | |
| She called for the income tax threshold to be raised to £10,000 to put £700-a-year back into the pockets of hard-pressed families, adding: "I have seen so many children struggle to grow up against these crippling levels of poverty. | |
| "People are fed up being let down and ignored by a tired old Labour party. Liberal Democrats are the only party who stand for real progressive change in our society." |