Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Energy and Climate Change Lynne Featherstone has tabled a fatal motion in the House of Lords against the Government cuts to Feed-in Tariffs. A Feed-in Tariff is a payment you can get if you generate your own electricity (eg with solar panels or a wind turbine) and you can also sell energy back to the grid.
Embattled Rochdale MP Simon Danczuk finally has some good news. His local constituency party have written to Labour Party bosses including Jeremy Corbyn in support of the controversial Rochdale MP. This comes just days after Leader of Rochdale Council, Richard Farnell refused to condemn Mr Danczuk. He was pressed by Councillor Andy Kelly, Rochdale Lib Dem leader, at a recent meeting of Rochdale Council.
With the European Commission's strong leadership on Capital Markets Union, Europe can give its dynamic businesses the tools they need to turn 2016 into the year of the unicorn, writes Michael Collins,deputy chief executive and public affairs director of Invest Europe, in an opinion piece in EurActiv: http://www.euractiv.com/sections/euro-finance/unlocking-europes-business-potential-321478
The early months of operation of bus lane cameras across Newcastle have seen a huge number of penalty charges issued. The lcal newspapers have unveiled the costs to unwary motorists here .http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/newcastle-cash-cow-bus-lane-10816896
Get the heads up on our budget amendment for Thursday
The latest edition of the Leigh/West Leigh Focus has now been delivered to residents across the two wards. We'll highlight some of the big stories here along with the big news that Cllr. Crystall is stepping down that we published last week.