The Government prevented the creation of around 10,000 jobs when it refused to extend the deadline for regions to apply for £630m of EU funding, according to figures released by the Liberal Democrats.This includes £85m in the West Midlands which could have created almost 1500 jobs locally.
It seems that gross misrepresentation of the facts is party policy for the Conservatives all over Surrey, since the same strategy is being adopted in their Ashtead newsletters.
Rundown Brunswick cricket pavilion will get a new lease of life as it is being transformed into Newcastle's latest Children's Centre.
Stuart Murphy, County Council candidate for Old Hastings & Tressell division has been out and about this weekend with his trusty team of deliverers giving a personal message ahead of the elections on 4 June.
Jonathan Fryer, the Number 2 Liberal Democrat candidate for London in the forthcoming European elections, has condemned the decision by Riga's city council to revoke permission for this year's Pride march in the Latvian capital. "This is the kind of repressive action one might expected in Moscow, but Latvia is a member of the EU, and in the EU the civil liberties of everyone are meant to be protected, irrespective of sexual orientation," Jonathan comments.
The cost of the county council's pension fund to Surrey residents looks set to rise steeply. Last year it represented almost 5% of our council tax payments, but due to the fund's worsened deficit (almost 50%) this is likely to rise to over 8% by next year, according to figures obtained recently by Cllr Colin Taylor.
