Nation's MPs unite in plea for people to think local.

(From Western Morning News)

Mps from across the country are backing the WMN's Think Local campaign.

A Commons motion urging people to support local businesses in the recession has attracted cross-party support.

All eight Liberal Democrat MPs in Devon and Cornwall tabled the motion last week and South West Devon Tory MP Gary Streeter has signed it.

Now MPs from as far afield as Manchester, Portsmouth and Birmingham have weighed in.

The motion highlights the pressure the recession is putting on the Westcountry's small businesses and "believes that local businesses rely …