Local MP Tim Farron visited the New Holehird home for the disabled to attend a social event and present them with a cheque for £345 towards the campaign to save the home. Tim raised the money through his triathlon in which he ran, sailed and cycled from the most northerly point of his constituency to Humphrey Head the most southerly point.
Lorely Burt has sent a message to DELGA members on moving on from holding the LGBT portfolio.
The Liberal Democrats have revealed that Gordon Brown's flagship tax credit system is on course to have wasted over £9bn in the first 3 years. The figures have been published ahead of this week's release by HMRC of new figures on fraud and error in the tax credits system for 2004/05.
A new class of council tax exemption has been introduced by Shepway Council. It adds to the exemption already in place that waives council tax on a property left empty because someone has had to leave it to care for a person who is old, disabled or ill. The new exemption will cover a home left empty when someone has to move out to provide care for children.
Speaking in the House of Commons yesterday Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield, Paul Holmes said:
Speaking in Communities and Local Government questions today in the House of Commons, Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield said:
