Too many families in Scarborough and Whitby are losing their homes because of difficulties over mortgage payments, claims leading local Liberal Democrat campaigner Tania Exley-Moore. New figures show that 441orders for home repossession were issued by North Yorkshire county court in 2007 for Scarborough and Whitby. This is a rise of 26% since 2006.
Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesman, Serena Tierney has today written (see attached letter: http://tinyurl.com/2y84c4) to the Post Office asking it to come clean over the reasons that it decided to close four local post offices.
The inner circle bus route, which has run on a 15-mile loop around the city for decades, was planned to be dropped as a result of a Labour budget proposal to withdraw its subsidy. However due to public pressure the bus service will now continue to run during the day but will still be stopped during the evenings and weekends.
Ron Beadle, Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Newcastle North, which contains the Headquarters of Northern Rock, has responded to the decision by the Government to nationalise the company.
Newburn Church's graveyard is to be given a spring clean, thanks to Newburn Liberal Democrats.
The Government has announced that it is to temporarily nationalise the stricken Northern Rock bank. Emergency legislation will be taken through the House of Commons tomorrow. Northern Rock shareholders will be offered compensation for their holding at a level set by a government-appointed panel. UK taxpayers are now subsidising the bank in loans and guarantees to other lenders to the tune of about £55bn. After nationalisation this will jump to £110bn, a cost of £3,500 per taxpayer. Ron Sandler, the former boss of the Lloyd's of London insurance market, will lead Northern Rock. The Tories today said that Alistair Darling has "no credibility" as Chancellor and should be sacked by Gordon Brown.