100,000 households face mortgage rate hike by polling day as Conservatives face 'blue wall reckoning' Conservative community care annoucement papering over NHS cracks Pride Month: Welsh Liberal Democrats pledge to keep fighting for a more inclusive society Welsh Lib Dems call for more trains on Heart of Wales line Cole-Hamilton: Liberal Democrats will deliver a fair deal for local communities 100,000 households face mortgage rate hike by polling day as Conservatives face 'blue wall reckoning' A typical mortgage holder will see their payments rise by £240 a month Over 3,300 households a day set to see their mortgages rise between ...
Two different political parties, two different fundraising emails, but only the one fundraising idea.
From Nation Cymru: The Welsh Liberal Democrats have urged the Welsh Government to improve train services on the Heart of Wales line. Welsh Lib Dem leader Jane Dodds MS says the government must do more to revitalise the aging fleet of trains currently running on the line, with many being refurbished engines dating from the 1980's. She also criticised a decision by Transport for Wales (TFW) to reduce the number of trains on the line from five to four per day from December, warning it could have a "devastating" impact on rural communities. TfW also confirmed the "removal of the ...
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Embed from Getty ImagesI don't know if this is a new trend or a coincidence, but there are three stories in the news that involve challenges to the impartiality of a court or tribunal. In the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, the Post Office tried to get Judge Fraser removed from hearing the case Bates v Post Office. They questioned his impartiality because the case was going badly for them. On Wednesday an employment tribunal has ruled that Norfolk and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group constructively dismissed an assistant director, Clive Rennie. During the hearing, says BBC News, NHS documents were ...
To be fair there is nothing about Torsten Bell that implies that he is anybody's stooge, but that is not going to pacify a number of Labour members who have had him imposed on them above the claims of the favoured son, the local council leader. The BBC reports that Labour has been accused of "riding roughshod" over its local members after it confirmed on Friday that Torsten Bell, chief executive of the Resolution Foundation think tank, will be its candidate for Swansea West: Former Labour MP Beth Winter - who lost out on a new Welsh seat to another ...
Tomorrow in the grandeur of St Georges Hall I will be helping at a citizenship ceremony in which about 40 people will not only become new UK citizens but new Scousers as well! Tomorrow, 2nd June, I will be speaking ... Continue reading →
Twelve New York jurors set the Good Ship USA adrift on uncharted waters in a troubled political sea. They had no choice. They were chosen from nearly 200 Manhattanites and forced to listen to weeks of complex and at times lurid testimony while fully aware that the entire world awaited their decision. And after carefully weighing all the evidence they delivered their verdict: Guilty in the first degree on all 34 felony charges. Now the real trial begins – the political trial with the verdict coming – as Trump has said – on November the fifth. Because of the totally ...
A Public Space Protection Order on dog control has come in force today. Dogs must be kept on a lead on the highway, Dog walkers must clean up their dogs poo, unless the walker is exempt due to disability or the dog is exempt because it is a working dog. The police, civil enforcement officers (traffic wardens) and council officers will be able to impose the fines. Those that are caught not obeying the rules will get a £100 fixed penalty notice with the prospect of much higher fines and costs if the matter goes to court. The new rules ...
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