Campaigning couples tell peers of barriers to justice
Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice.
21 Dec 2015
Two couples who have taken disability discrimination cases through the legal system have told a committee of peers about the barriers they have faced in trying to secure justice.
An emergency fund set up to help farmers deal with the effects of flooding has been welcomed by South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
Wiltshire Council is to remove the scheme which was set up a few years ago to help the elderly. WC says other organisations can provide a similar service so there's no need for the council to continue doing it. In the same way that when the youth services were axed 'Local Youth Networks' were set up by area boards to reduce the harm caused by Wiltshire Council, similar bodies at area board level will be set up to help older people.
Opposition Liberal Democrat councillors have fired a broadside at Labour controlled Newcastle City Council's pre-Christmas admission that it is planning to remove council tax exemption from thousands of severely disabled people in the city early next year, contrary to its claims to protect the most vulnerable.
The Government has announced a 29% cut in the main grant for Bedford Borough Council, in a move described by Mayor Dave Hodgson as a 'devastating blow for local services.'
Over 2,500 residents in the Bishops Castle area have signed a petition calling on Shropshire Council to adequately fund the...