Local MP, Tim Farron has expressed his dismay today at the Chancellor lowering the rate of Capital Gains Tax from 40% to 18%, which could lead to yet more investment in property as second homes in the area. Mr Farron, who earlier in the week had issued a demand to the Chancellor that something be done to curb second home ownership was astonished at the revelation.
Tim Farron, Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Committee on Hill Farming has today welcomed the announcement from DEFRA the intention that the foot and mouth protection zone be lifted in Surrey, but also issued a word of caution.
JUDGEMENT on a planning application for a block of eight flats in Buckhurst Hill has been deferred after councillors spoke of their concern about potential traffic problems.
At 9.30am on Friday the 19th October the Derbyshire Unemployed Worker's Centre are hosting an event to help end child poverty. Local Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes will be speaking at the event along with Katy Farr, a Community Worker from Boythorpe. 3.8million children in the UK today live in poverty and the problem affects children from every region.
In case you did not see it earlier, the New Economics Foundation came up last year with an intriguing un Happy Planet Index, which among other things incorporates the ecological footprint and the carbon footprint. It will ask you about where you live, your health, lifestyle, and how you feel about life. The answers you give are used to calculate your own personal score on the Happy Planet Index. How happy are you... and at what price to the environment?!
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have called on the council to address public concern over unsightly, overgrown bushes and trees across the borough. Lib Dems on the council are receiving more complaints from residents on this subject than ever, with many people concerned not only about the effect of unattractive, unkempt trees and bushes in local neighbourhoods but also the safety issues involved with trees overhanging roads and footpaths.