Commenting on reports that the government will allow councils to raise council tax by 6% to pay for social care, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary Norman Lamb said:
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It is now a year since Wiltshire Council decided to participate in the Government's Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme. Wiltshire was one of the first local authorities to welcome refugees under the scheme and is now home to 68 Syrian refugees.
Winter gritting cuts in Cambridgeshire proposed by the Conservatives have been overturned, following a vigorous Lib Dem campaign.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has criticised reported government plans to require councils to increase council tax further in order to help pay for the rising cost of care. Ahead of Thursday's Local Government Finance Settlement announcement, it is widely reported that the government will announce plans for councils to raise council tax by an additional 6% over two years, on top of any other increase for services as a whole.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has backed calls by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) today for the government to do more to support economic growth and tourism in rural England. Tim has written to the Tourism Minister to call for the government to do more to promote the Lake District as a tourist destination.