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Hill farmers could be short changed yet again

Local MP Tim Farron has today been made aware of yet more evidence of maladministration at DEFRA concerning under-payment of the Hill Farm Allowance top-up, announced last month by Secretary of State Hilary Benn. Mr Benn announced that around £12m had been set aside to assist farmers who had lost out as a result of the foot and mouth outbreak this year. For HFA recipients, this top-up had been earmarked as 32% of their HFA payment. However Tim Farron has learned that one farmer who has been underpaid in his HFA payment would receive 32% of their incorrect payment, rather than 32% of the higher sum.

5 Nov 2007
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Lib Dem logo bird projected on blockwork

Government ID scheme already unravelling

Gordon Brown has demanded a review of the technology behind the proposed new ID cards, prompting opponents to warn that the £5.3bn ID cards scheme could be hit by the same problems that engulfed other Government IT projects.

5 Nov 2007
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End Election Fiasco

LIBERAL Democrats in Scarborough have called for the Prime Minister to be stripped of the power to decide the date of the general election.

5 Nov 2007
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"That's better" says Zahid Shah when he inspected Francis Street

Zahid Shah gets Francis Street cleaned up

Alerted to problems in Francis Street, Liberal Democrat Environmental Campaigner Zahid Shah wasted no time in getting the area cleaned up. Concerned by the many bags of builders' materials, dumped car parts and litter Zahid insisted on the street being cleaned and swept.

5 Nov 2007
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