More money back in your pocket
As families face more of a squeeze, today Liberal Democrats are arguing for greater tax cuts for hard working people.
As families face more of a squeeze, today Liberal Democrats are arguing for greater tax cuts for hard working people.
Commenting on Chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten's speech at the Oxford Media Convention, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Party Committee on Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, Don Foster said:
(From the BBC) Nick Clegg is pushing the coalition government to go "further and faster" in raising the pay level at which people start paying income tax to £10,000 a year.
Wiltshire Conservatives' decision to sell off cheaply one of the county's finest assets has been condemned by a wide selection of people, many of whom submitted their comments to the cabinet meeting on Tuesday (Jan 17th).
In November the Council put into effect an "Article 4 direction" which covers much of North Jesmond ward and a number of other areas across the city. From now on, planning permission will be required to convert a family home into a House of Multiple Occupation (HMO) in most parts of the ward.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson writes :