HMRC Offices Must Stay In Chesterfield
Commenting on today's debate in the House of Commons on HMRC restructuring, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
18 Jul 2007
Commenting on today's debate in the House of Commons on HMRC restructuring, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
Commenting on the debate on their taxes for the wealthy in the House Of Commons, Liberal Democrat MP from Chesterfield, Paul Holmes, said:
Commenting on the Labour Government's rejection and for transparency in international arms deals, Liberal Democrat MP from Chesterfield, Paul Holmes, said:
A Liberal Democrat proposal for fair taxation of the wealthy was voted down by Labour MPs in the House of Commons yesterday, as the Tories sat on their hands. The motion was proposed in an opposition day debate led by Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable. Dr Cable called for the closure of loopholes in capital gains tax which allow the very wealthy to pay less tax than their cleaners. He warned that middle-income families were disproportionately burdened by stamp duty and inheritance tax thresholds.
Everyone should be seen as a potential organ donor on their death unless they expressly request not to be, England's chief medical officer says. Sir Liam Donaldson calls for a system of "presumed consent" to be introduced to tackle chronic shortages of organs.
Conservatives at Essex County Council have rejected a call to increase recycling targets across Essex. At a meeting of the council today (17 July), the Liberal Democrats group proposed that the council sets ambitious and firm recycling targets which the Conservatives voted against.