Following action by a local campaigner, former armed service personnel in mid Essex will now be given more information about their rights to access local health services. Local Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson has secured a commitment from NHS Mid Essex to distribute to all GP practices a British Legion poster on veterans' health services.
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL / KENT & MEDWAY FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY
Michael Foster and I don't agree about lots of things, but we do agree about the iconic nature of Hastings Pier, and the worthiness and effectiveness of the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust.
The Liberal Democrats have revealed plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying income tax from current levels to £10,000. These plans would see the average person's income tax bill cut by £700. Pensioners would be £100 better off and 3.6m people would no longer have to pay any income tax at all.
The 2010 Labour budget has frozen income tax threshold limits, meaning a real terms rise in income taxes on tax payers across Folkestone and Hythe, The Lib Dems had announced plans to take all those earning under £10,000 out of income tax entirely by raising the lower tax threshold.
Richard Younger-Ross, MP for Teignbridge in South Devon has condemned the Chancellor's budget statement to increase cider duty by a massive 10%.