Edward Davey comment on the EU Environment Council meeting in Brussels
Speaking after 9 March EU Environment Council meeting in Brussels, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey said:
17 Mar 2012
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Mayor and Lib Dem Leader both add their names to call for help for struggling families
Both Mayor Dave Hodgson and Council Group Leader David Sawyer have added their names to a growing list of Liberal Democrat Leaders who are calling on the Chancellor to look at helping those struggling on low and middle income earnings. The Press Release below is from the Liberal Democrat Leader of the LGA, Gerald Vernon Jackson: Chancellor's Budget should help those who are struggling Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on the Local Government Association, Gerald Vernon Jackson was joined by more than 100 Liberal Democrat Council Leaders and Group Leaders from across the country in calling on the Chancellor to make helping those on low and middle incomes a priority in the Budget next week. They were joined by the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie and Leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, Kirsty Williams.
16 Mar 2012
Jo Swinson: Putting young people at the heart of the Coalition’s growth strategy
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference backed Giving Young People a Future, the Party's policy paper on combating youth unemployment. The paper proposes extending the Youth Contract and help for young entrepreneurs and apprentices. It also calls for improved mentoring and career advice in schools.
16 Mar 2012
Goldington: More Resurfacing Completed- Cllrs Sylvia Gillard and Phil Merryman
Sylvia & Phil continue to campaign to get all our roads up to standard. The latest successes being Costwold Close and Vicars Walk. We know that there are still many roads in dire need of resurfacing, however it is not possible to do them all at once. Goldington has to compete with all the other parts of the borough and we will continue to press for Goldington's roads to be done.
15 Mar 2012
Martin Horwood: An accountable and growth-focused EU
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference called for the UK to play a constructive role in the EU to drive growth and job creation, reform the fisheries and agriculture policies and promote the completion of the Single Market.
15 Mar 2012
Liberal Democrats call for personal allowance to rise beyond £10,000
Liberal Democrat Spring Conference today approved a motion calling for further and faster tax cuts for working people by raising the point at which you start paying Income Tax beyond £10,000 to the equivalent of the salary of a full-time worker on National Minimum Wage.
14 Mar 2012