David Cameron's insistence on leaving the Conservative EPP group in the European Parliament for a ragtag mix of far right extremists has had unforeseen consequences, undermining Tory councillors at the Committee of the Regions (CoR).
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference has backed plans to increase the threshold at which people start paying income tax from current levels to £10,000.
The President of the European Parliament has used new powers to dock the allowances of UKIP MEP Nigel Farage, who refused to apologise for gratuitously insulting the new President of the European Council, thanks to an initiative taken in the last parliament by Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson to ensure that such powers existed.
The President of the European Parliament has used new powers to dock the allowances of UKIP MEP Nigel Farage, who refused to apologise for gratuitously insulting the new President of the European Council, thanks to an initiative taken in the last parliament by Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson to ensure that such powers existed.
A new survey of MPs voting habits reveals that Labour's Vernon Coaker MP has toed the party line on each initiative designed to trample over people's privacy and create a surveillance state. This includes legislation to introduce trial without jury, ID cards and retention of DNA.
Local MP Tim Farron has described the historic Government coalition policy agreement, published yesterday, as delivering a brighter future for the South Lakes.