Police merger and funding plans spells bad news for council tax payers
Lynne Featherstone MP, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, responding to the debate in the House of Commons today on Police grants, said:
Lynne Featherstone MP, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesman, responding to the debate in the House of Commons today on Police grants, said:
We believe the budget could and should offer better value for local residents. We want to see funding that isn't allocated, that's left in council reserves, set to work to improve services and improve the borough, without costing tax payers a penny more. In fact we believe all this can be achieved as well as saving tax payers money.
The Mayors U-turn over pensioners concessionary fares has been welcomed by Liberal Democrats.
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Responding to a survey in the Health Service Journal which shows that 75% of NHS bosses say patient care will suffer because of the current cash crisis, Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, said "The cash crisis in the NHS is clearly spiraling out of control and ministers show no sign of getting to grips with the problem."
New facts confirming the unfairness of Council Tax have been revealed in Parliament by the Paymaster General, Dawn Primarolo MP. Asked by the Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, David Laws to reveal how much people pay in Council Tax as a percentage of their income, Ms Primarolo confirmed what we have been saying for ages: that the Council Tax penalizes the poorest!