Knighton Community Meeting
Knighton Lib Dem Cllr. Gary Hunt is reminding people to come along to their next Community Meeting being held next Monday.
10 Feb 2010
National News
'Farron ups stakes on care home charges fight - and reports County Council to Care Quality Commission'
MP Tim Farron has today upped the stakes in his campaign to prevent older people in South Lakes getting an unfair deal from the County Council.
10 Feb 2010
MP Commits to Beating Cancer
Bowel cancer is the second biggest cause of cancer deaths in the UK yet bowel cancer is beatable if it is diagnosed at an early stage. A recent analysis by the National Cancer Intelligence Network found that 93.25 of patients diagnosed with early stage bowel cancer will survive five years from diagnosis compared to just 6.6% of patients diagnosed at a much later stage.
9 Feb 2010
MP Urges Government to Scrap Tax Plans
There are real fears that from April 6th changes in the taxation rules affecting operators of furnished holiday lets will badly disadvantage their businesses to the extent that it could lead to closures.
9 Feb 2010
Brown and Cameron are the real roadblocks to reform
Nick Clegg yesterday challenged the other two party leaders to agree an emergency programme of political reform.
9 Feb 2010
Government fails to satisfy on rail delay compensation
Baroness Scott of Needham Market yesterday sought an answer to the difficulty in using compensation vouchers issued by Train Operating Companies. Currently, National Express East Anglia makes it impossible to use them when booking tickets using the internet, an increasing common means of purchase.
9 Feb 2010