Resolution Foundation reveals £8bn pensioner tax bombshell in Budget "All the hallmarks of a backroom deal"- Welsh Lib Dems react to decision to keep new controversial Senedd voting system Donelan scandal: Lib Dems demand ethics advisor probe and Science Minister to step aside whilst investigation ongoing Carmichael calls for UK ban on imports from illegal Israeli settlements SNP cancel bus fund after spending less than 6% – Rennie McArthur responds to news that more crimes will not be investigated Resolution Foundation reveals £8bn pensioner tax bombshell in Budget Jeremy Hunt's Budget includes an £8bn tax bombshell for pensioners, analysis from ...
From 1948 to 1961 Aylesbury was the terminus of the Metropolitan's main line, and trains had to change from electric to steam locomotives at Rickmansworth to reach it. Jago Hazzard tells us all about the station's history. You can support his videos via his Patreon page.
It's all happening in Oakham at the moment. This weekend will see the Queen Edith Festival, marking the approximate 1000th anniversary of the birth of the woman who was the wife of Edward the Confessor and the sister of Harold, who was defeated at the Battle of Hastings. The Oakham Team Ministry site gives the programme for the festival. On Friday there will be school visits to explore the connections between Queen Edith, All Saints Oakham, Oakham Castle and the Anglo-Saxon burgh of Oakham. On Saturday there will be: A celebratory exhibition and other activities in and around All Saints ...
Gather is a new arts and community base. Also does coffee. Or it is coffee with a topping of arts? Its location at Ludlow Community Hospital in the former maternity unit has been controversial since the applications for planning consent and licencing were published at the end of last year. There has been a lot of work to clarify what is proposed and to sort out the permissions. But I am satisfied that we have got it right. The premises will have a cap of 50 people at any one time. Separate permissions have restricted use of car parking spaces ...
Lib Dem members have received an email from Mike Dixon , the party's CEO. It is one of his long explainer emails and it is full of useful information – and bar charts! I would strongly advise members to read it in full before commenting below. In the email Mike discusses our strategy going into a General Election. He asks: How do we get the balance right between winning in target Westminster seats and making progress right across the country? What message cuts through to voters right now? What's the right balance between attacking the Government and setting out a ...
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Councillors and Chris Naylor call for South Shropshire residents to help save Craven Arms recycling ...
Since the news broke a week ago that the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre is on a short, very short, list for closure, residents have been making their views known across social media. Yesterday, Ludlow unitary councillors met with Chris Naylor the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for South Shropshire at the Craven Arms Household Recycling Centre yesterday evening to promote a resident's petition. If you haven't signed it, please sign and tell everyone you know. https://bit.ly/cravenarmsrecyling I have space for only one comment to illustrate the strength of reaction: "So, all those old paint tins, the broken saucepan, defunct batteries and ...
Here we go again! The Guardian reports that UK taxpayers have financed a £15,000 payout to an academic after the science minister wrongly accused her of supporting Hamas. The paper says that the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology have admitted that the money had been paid after a statement on Tuesday by Michelle Donelan, about a "clarification" from Prof Kate Sang, of Heriot-Watt university in Edinburgh, about her views: This money came from public funds, a DSIT spokesperson said, adding: "There is an established precedent under multiple administrations that ministers are provided with legal support and representation where matters ...
Michael's ward surgeries take place today and every Thursday during school term time. They are as follows : Thursdays at 5.45pm prompt - West End Campus (come to reception area of St Joseph's RC and Victoria Park Primary Schools) Thursdays at 6.30pm prompt - Harris Academy reception area All welcome - no appointment necessary!
