Charlotte Cane, MP for Ely and East Cambridgeshire, held the first in a series of Community Meetings for constituents on Saturday, 1 March.
Responding to Darren Jones’s comments on comparing cuts to disability benefits to cutting his children’s pocket money, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP, who is himself registered blind, said:
A Donald Trump trade war could hit GDP by 1% by 2029/30, the OBR has warned, leaving the Chancellor’s plans “in tatters.” The OBR said that if there are 20 percentage point rises in tariffs between the US and the rest of the world...
150,000 family carers will lose out on their Carer’s Allowance as a result of the government’s welfare changes by 2029/30, the DWP’s own impact assessment has revealed.
Following today’s Spring Statement, local Liberal Democrat MPs Lisa Smart and Tom Morrison said that the Chancellor “missed her chance” to deliver the change needed across Stockport by scrapping the jobs tax and reforming business rates.
Chancellor's Spring Statement leaves Guildford constituency MP Zöe Franklin "fearful" for vulnerable people and local businesses.