Responding to suggestions that married couples should receive tax breaks in the upcoming budget, Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Treasury Parliamentary Party Committee, Stephen Williams said:
Commenting on James Murdoch's resignation, Co-Chair of the Parliamentary Policy Committee on Culture, Media and Sport, Don...
Network Rail has been made to pay for damage it caused to local grass verges in Stewartby after a local Councillor intervened. Councillor Tim Hill, Liberal Democrat Borough Councillor for Stewartby, got on to the case and after the Council's insurance company got involved Network rail agreed to pay for the damages. The Council has now installed a lay-by so that workers can park in future without causing damage to the verges adjacent to the railway line running through the village.
At a recent Cabinet Meeting, Cllr Ray Russell, Leader of Chesterfield Borough Council Liberal Democrats, made very clear that, at the Chesterfield Council Budget Meeting, the Liberal Democrat Group would be voting against the 3.5% Council Tax rise that the media recently reported that Labour is considering. Cllr Russell said: 'The Coalition Government has made extra money available to enable Councils to freeze Council Tax again this year - and the vast majority of Councils are taking this up to help the many families who are hard pressed in these difficult economic times'.
Members from across Berks, Bucks, Hants, Isle of Wight and Oxon met on Saturday, 25 February in High Wycombe to hear Paul Burstow MP, South East MEPs Catherine Bearder and Sharon Bowles and a variety of other guest speakers at their Spring Conference.
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