New UKIP Leader
Nigel Farage is to take over as leader of the UK Independence Party. Mr Farage, a former commodities broker who lives in west Kent, is already a MEP for the South East region.
13 Sep 2006
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Serena Tierney welcomes all-party consensus on PRH services
Speaking at a meeting of local health campaigners, Serena Tierney, Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman for Mid Sussex, welcomed the recent change of heart and recognition of the very real threat to services at the PRH by local Tory MPs:
12 Sep 2006
Nobody notices that UKIP has a new leader
Largely unnoticed by the rest of the country Nigel Farage has just been elected leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP). Tory leader David Cameron called UKIP "a bunch of fruit cakes, loonies and closet racists mostly". Presumably it takes one to recognize one. The core policy of UKIP is British withdrawal from the EU yet Mr Farage gets a very nice income from being a member of the European Parliament which he occasionally attends.
12 Sep 2006
West End News : Cllr Fraser Macpherson's September West End Community Council Update
Cllr Fraser Macpherson has today (Tuesday 12th September) issued his September Update to the West End Community Council.
12 Sep 2006
Wealthy have "Moral Responsibility" to pay more tax - Campbell
Sir Menzies Campbell has said that he sees it as a "moral responsibility" to make the wealthy pay more in tax in spite of his plan to drop the Liberal Democrats' commitment to a new 50p top rate of income tax. In an interview with the Financial Times, the Lib Dem leader said the proposals to be put to next week's conference made up a firmly redistributive programme of tax cuts for the low paid and increases for the rich. But instead of a new higher rate of income tax, Sir Menzies wants to raise an extra £10bn from the wealthy by raising capital gains tax and cutting some tax relief. The proposals have been described as 'the most progressive policies proposed by any party in recent history'. [FT - Campbell interview]
12 Sep 2006
Wealthy have "Moral Responsibility" to pay more tax - Campbell
Sir Menzies Campbell has said that he sees it as a "moral responsibility" to make the wealthy pay more in tax in spite of his plan to drop the Liberal Democrats' commitment to a new 50p top rate of income tax. In an interview with the Financial Times, the Lib Dem leader said the proposals to be put to next week's conference made up a firmly redistributive programme of tax cuts for the low paid and increases for the rich. But instead of a new higher rate of income tax, Sir Menzies wants to raise an extra £10bn from the wealthy by raising capital gains tax and cutting some tax relief. The proposals have been described as 'the most progressive policies proposed by any party in recent history'. [FT - Campbell interview]
12 Sep 2006