Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Minister Paul Rowen welcomed proposals to simplify tax and national insurance systems, but expressed reservations over the second part of the Bill as it failed to address how to combat pensioner poverty, which is increasing as a result of up to 40% of pensioners not claiming benefit.
The tragic death of Baby P has saddened and angered people across the country. To learn the full lessons of this tragedy, we need a public inquiry and so I'm asking you to lobby your MP to support one. You can easily send a message to your MP via www.writetothem.com. (The site will also tell you who they are, if you don't know.)
Mid Sussex is traditionally a low unemployment area but in the current recession nothing is guaranteed, and now it has been reported the area is in the highest category of risk for job losses outside London according to an article in the Local Government Association which describes the area's employment status as "highly vulnerable".
Kent County Council deposited £3m in an Icelandic bank a day after being warned against it, a report by Price Waterhouse Cooper has revealed. An e-mail was sent by a financial advisor at 3pm on 30 September to an officer at the council, who did not read and act on the information.
An announcement yesterday that proposals to change the rules on which GP practices in England can provide drugs directly to their patients have been rejected by ministers and has been described by local MP Tim Farron as a welcome relief for rural GPs.
A Lib Dem councillor has attacked the mayor for deferring his urgent motion for a credit crunch plan until February.