At a press conference organised by Fairer Votes and hosted by Operation Black Vote at their offices on 10 March, Lib Dem GLA Candidate Ajmal Mansoor chaired a panel of speakers debating the importance of voting Yes at the coming AV referendum.
Government figures show about 450,000 disabled people will see their incomes cut under one of the changes planned to housing benefit. Campaigners fear thousands will be forced from their homes.
Figures have been released that give a clear indication as to how many people will be taken out of paying income tax in Brentwood from the 1st April and the number of residents who will be better off by £200 per year.
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to save a landmark tree will be staging a protest in Windsor on Sunday.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced a series of measures to restrict Bedford Borough Council's use of powers dubbed a 'snoopers' charter' for councils, and bring openness and transparency locally to a system which has been abused by a number of Councils around the country. The Mayor's reforms include introducing public scrutiny of any use by the Council of powers to conduct covert surveillance on local residents and new limits over authorisations of such uses.
You may have read in yesterday's Times and Citizen newspaper, or heard on Heart FM this morning, about my reforms to the...