Burnham promised to be radical, and is trying to dress this up as urgent action, but it’s just a weak first step from the new Prime Minister.
The Government's scheme to cut the rate of VAT applied to household electricity from 5% to 0%, starting on 1 October, would save people around £45 a year.
Southwark Liberal Democrats have accused the Labour Government of imposing a new era of austerity on Southwark after the borough was hit with a projected £102 million budget gap over the next three years under the Government's "Fair Funding" plans.
Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for West Worcestershire Dan Boatright-Greene has called on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to make fundamentally reforming the country’s broken water industry one of his first priorities in office.
With the Commonwealth Games set to kick off tomorrow in Glasgow, the Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government to ensure that millions of sports fans can watch the events free-to-air.
The Liberal Democrats say Andy Burnham’s plan to remove VAT from domestic electricity bills in October does not go far enough to help struggling households.