Local issues in Berwick-upon-Tweed

We're collecting local issues in Berwick-upon-Tweed. Some of these have been turned into questions to put to the candidates standing at the 2010 general election in the form of a questionnaire.

Issues are no longer being turned into questions, but we still want them! A good local issue will be about a problem of local relevance, possibly suggesting how something should have been/be done.

• Add issue for Berwick-upon-Tweed
• The A1 needs to be dualed from Morpeth to Berwick upon Tweed. report abuse
• The problems of our constuency are related tothe fact that it is the least populated rural area in England. Travel distances to most of the facilites of modern life are great . report abuse
• One of the most heated debates over the last couple of years has been over applications to build wind turbines on remote and beautiful moorland. report abuse
• An issue unique to our constituency is resentment caused by close proximity to Scotland and its more generous public services. Some people want to move the border a few miles south. report abuse
• A lot of people in north Northumberland are concerned about plans to centralise provision of A&E services in a new hospital in the south of the county. report abuse
• We have very serious problems with inadequate public transport, but this gets little media attention compared with the obsession with dualling the A1 to benefit car owners. report abuse

Local questions for candidate questionnaire

These are the questions that have been made out of the local issues Demoracy Club volunteers have posted. They'll make up the 'local' section of a questionnaire that TheyWorkForYou is developing in conjunction with Demoracy Club. Below the question is the local issue it's derived from.

Do you agree that ... ?

• Improving local public transport is more important than dualling the A1.
  Based on issue: We have very serious problems with inadequate public transport, but this gets little media attention compared with the obsession with dualling the A1 to benefit car owners.
• A&E services in Northumberland should be centralised in a new hospital in the south of the county.
  Based on issue: A lot of people in north Northumberland are concerned about plans to centralise provision of A&E services in a new hospital in the south of the county.
• The visual impact of wind turbines on remote moorland outweighs any environmental benefit. (source)
  Based on issue: One of the most heated debates over the last couple of years has been over applications to build wind turbines on remote and beautiful moorland. (source)