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£91m to restore empty homes

by neildarby on 24 June, 2013

Towns across England will receive £91m to help bring empty homes back into use, Liberal Democrat Communities Minister and Bath MP Don Foster announced yesterday. Over 6,000 disused homes and commercial premises will benefit from the scheme. The funding will be spent on refurbishment in areas where empty properties have commonly led to problems such as squatting, […]

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EU trade deal with the US

by neildarby on 21 June, 2013

According to LGIU Daily News (18/06/13), David Cameron has announced plans for what could be the biggest bilateral trade deal in history between the EU and the US. He announced the start of formal negotiations on a trade deal worth hundreds of billions of pounds, aimed at boosting exports and driving growth. Mr Cameron said a […]

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Check your pay slip

by neildarby on 30 April, 2013

Today is pay day for millions of people across Britain, which means they will receive their first pay slip since the Income Tax personal allowance was raised from £8,105 to £9,440. When Liberal Democrats came into power in 2010 this was just £6,475. Raising the tax-free allowance is the Liberal Democrats’ flagship policy and has […]

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“Under the Conservatives, Lancashire has seen fit to cut support for many bus services over the last four years, something that the Liberal Democratt Group on the county has always opposed” says County Councillor Bill Winlow.  This situation is particularly difficult in Lea town and the orbital bus service to Cottam on Sundays has also been stopped. We now […]

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Yesterday’s budget delivers Lib Dem policies to help families with the cost of living and invest in the future of our economy, while making responsible choices to deal with the financial problems Labour left us with. We are delivering the £10k personal allowance from April 2014 – one year earlier than planned. “This is great […]

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£700 tax cut for working people

by neildarby on 20 March, 2013

Today’s Budget announced that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will be raised to £10,000 in April 2014 – delivering in full the top Liberal Democrat priority one year sooner than had been expected. This means 24.5m working people will get a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total tax cut to £700 a year since […]

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“Having been in face to face negotiations till nearly midnight last night – followed by calls, texts and emails for many hours afterwards – I am delighted to have stood up this afternoon in the House of Commons to welcome the cross-party agreement on implementing the Leveson Report. It wasn’t easy but after a lot […]

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Responding to the Judicial Review of High Speed 2, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Transport Parliamentary Committee, Alan Reid said: “Liberal Democrats were the first political party to back a new High Speed Rail Network in the UK. This is a fantastic investment in our infrastructure and will help to build a stronger economy. “The […]

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Ministers push ahead with tidal plans

by neildarby on 1 March, 2013

The FT reports that the Government is set to push ahead with its efforts to develop tidal energy around the UK coastline. Two power projects in north Wales and Scotland, for tidal energy farms off Anglesey and the Orkney Islands, will receive Government grants worth £20m in an attempt to develop the UK’s expertise in […]

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The  West Coast Main Line franchise fiasco is likely to cost taxpayers at least  £50m , the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee has warned (BBC News today). “It will also have effects in Preston” says County Cllr Bill Winlow, “because all plans to refurbish Preston station and to improve links with bus services are now on hold.  All these changes […]

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