We need a Phoenix to arise from the Covid Disaster to give young folk a future in Cornwall

Cornwall need strong leadership in economics and foresight to deliver a county where young people will be able to train, get good jobs and want to stay. It is time to renew Cornwall and stop the brain drain but the only way we will be able to do that is if we have investment in meaningful jobs and training. This should be the priority otherwise we will have a continual problem of a too heavy elderly community dependent on social care employing poorly paid people. We need a balanced age to survive as a successful county, so we need young people living and working here contributing to the local economy. We need a better paid workforce in social care- perhaps private social care is not the answer now ?

There is much said about green policy but why are houses still being built without solar panels? Why are cycle lanes being constructed at huge expense and yet cyclists still cycle on the roads along side them? (Ref. Hayle Causeway Road) These are planning issues - where is the vision in the planning dept. that allows things like this to continue. Why isn’t the County investing in electric charging points in all of its car parks? Could this not be done on a partnership with a commercial provider and make money for the county at the same time as encouraging greener transport?

Cornwall, it is now clear, from both Brexit and Covid 19, cannot survive on the three occupations of tourism, fishing and agriculture, as all these industries have large seasonal element, low wages, weather related problems, and in the case of two sectors, dependency on out of county/ country labour. The time has come for meaningful investment in real training and new industries.