On 3 February Communities and Local Government Minister Eric Pickles invited councils to bid for money from a fund allocated to support weekly waste collections. The scheme is worth up to £250 million. Three types of waste collection are eligible for funding. They are
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have condemned the County's Conservative administration for refusing to accept that a safety net of adult care homes for Surrey's most vulnerable should continue to be run by the County Council.
Following discussions yesterday with local councillors and head teachers about a number of matters that have come to his attention subsequent to the Cabinet meeting on 28 February, particularly concerning the effect on Ewell Grove Infants School, Cllr Tim Hall the Cabinet Member for Children and Learning tabled an amendment at this morning's Council meeting.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council are calling for the County's elderly with the highest or most complex needs to be cared for in residential homes run by the County Council as well as private sector care and home care for people with lower needs.
Liberal Democrat councillors are presenting a motion to the next meeting of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council calling on the government to speed up plans to cut Income Tax. The government's Coalition agreement included a pledge to make the first £10,000 people earn Income Tax free. The aim is to complete this by 2015. Liberal Democrat Cllr Michael Mullaney has submitted a motion to the council which calls upon the Council to write to the Chancellor George Osborne calling on him to speed up the tax cut. Michael Mullaney said "During these tough economic times people need a tax break. Liberal Democrats here in Hinckley and Bosworth realise this and that's why last month we froze Council Tax. "Raising the Income Tax threshold to £10,000 will give a tax cut to people on middle and low incomes here in Hinckley and Bosworth, and would mean several thousand of the lowest paid workers in our area paying no Income Tax at all. This would be a great way to reward work and make work pay. "I speak to people in Hinckle
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