Hands off Preston Park petition closes
More than 2500 people signed the petition against rebuilding Egglescliffe School in Preston Park.
20 Jan 2010
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ELDERLY MISS OUT ON EXTRA FUEL PAYMENTS
Thousands of pensioners across the North East are missing out on crucial winter fuel payments because the GovernmentÂ's benefits system is too complicated, according to the Liberal Democrats.
20 Jan 2010
Tories reject retailer rebate discussion at Economic Panel
The Liberal Democrats have expressed their immense disappointment that rebates for the High Street retailers will not form part of the agenda for the council's inaugural Economic Development Panel on Monday. Cllr David Kendall requested this come to full council as an item of urgent business in December but withdrew the request after assurances from the Mayor that this would be discussed at the January meeting.
20 Jan 2010
LIB DEM DISGUST AT £15 MILLION IN 'ASH PAYMENTS' RECEIVED BY DOCTORS
Doctors working in hospitals earned almost £15m last year in so called 'ash cash' payments made by grieving families, figures released this week by the Liberal Democrats have revealed. The payment is made to doctors to sign a form releasing a body for cremation and our own NHS Trust, the Scarborough and North East Yorks Health Care Trust has been revealed to have earned £69,438 during 2008 and 2009 from this practice.
22 Jan 2010
LIB DEMS LAUNCH MANIFESTO HOUSING PLEDGE
The Liberal Democrats set out plans this week to bring a quarter of a million empty homes back into use, making homes available for people who need them and creating 65,000 jobs.
21 Jan 2010
UP TO 1.7M PENSIONERS TO MISS OUT ON COLD WEATHER PAYMENTS
Up to 1.7m pensioners will miss out on Cold Weather Payments triggered by the recent weather, according to analysis of Government figures by the Liberal Democrats.
20 Jan 2010