THE fight is on to win votes when Cornwall goes to the polls today, Prime Minister David Cameron said during a visit to Penzance this week.
He issued the battle cry after travelling to the town where he talked to business leaders about the state of the local economy.
He also used the opportunity to hit back at his coalition partners in a dig about council tax charges.
"You always have a fight on your hands in politics but I am very committed to helping my team here to do all we can to deliver a good result," he said.
Penzance was the first stop on Mr Cameron's visit to the duchy earlier this week. It is also where Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg held a business lunch recently, using the local spotlight to blast the Conservative and Independent heads at County Hall for their poor handling of Cornish residents' cash.
In a political tit for tat, Mr Cameron said: "I would reject that. There is a council tax freeze here because of the Conservatives and if you want it to continue, the best way to do that is to have a Conservative administration.
"It is a Conservative council tax freeze, it is our policy."
He also refused to accept that a freeze would, in fact, leave the local authority having to slash budgets and sack staff to the tune of an estimated £4.6 million.
"The administration did show it can find savings," he said. "You can start at the very top and look at the bureaucracy, look at the cost of the administration, look at the cost of the management and see what you can do there but I think taking out those savings without affecting frontline services is absolutely possible."
