LIB DEMS ATTACK UNFAIR COUNCIL TAX
The government spending review has given local government the worst financial settlement for a decade.
10 Oct 2007
The government spending review has given local government the worst financial settlement for a decade.
The government is to examine whether reforms are needed to the system of funding long-term care of elderly and disabled people in England. Proposals for a Green Paper to look at the issue were contained in the Comprehensive Spending Review.
The government is to spend millions more on "talking treatments" for depression and anxiety in England.
US scientists have repaired the nerve damage caused by multiple sclerosis in lab experiments on mice.
The British Special Olympics team could be set for a review of funding to bring it in line with the Paralympics.
Local MP, Tim Farron has written to the Secretary of State for Transport, Ruth Kelly asking that subsidised bus travel for young people in rural areas is provided. Such subsidised transport is already provided for older people under the Transport Act, and Mr Farron asked that extra funding was provided for a similar scheme.