Fuel duty rise will have disproportionate impact on rural communities
Local MP Tim Farron has hit out at today's rise in fuel duty which will have a disproportionate impact on rural communities like the South Lakes.
4 Sep 2009
National News
Closure of village schools is direct result of lack of affordable homes in rural areas
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the publication of a report by the National Housing Federation (NHF), and called on housing and planning authorities to step up their game before our rural communities die.
4 Sep 2009
Little fresh thinking in Brown's Afghan speech says Nick Clegg
"The situation in Afghanistan is on a knife-edge. Yet today we have heard little in the way of fresh, new thinking from Gordon Brown," said the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
4 Sep 2009
Hinckley and Bosworth Lib Dems call for big pay rise for servicemen and women on the poverty line
Michael Mullaney Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hinckley and Bosworth, has called for the Government to award big pay rises to military personnel many of whom are risking their lives on the Afghanistan frontline.
4 Sep 2009
Why have the Tories given Daniel Hannan his first party job?
Controversial MEP will speak on legal affairs for Conservatives in European parliament.
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4 Sep 2009
New Conservative Shropshire Councillors Failing To Provide Value For Money
New Conservative Shropshire Council Councillors seem to be enjoying the financial benefits without apparently putting in the work. It would seem that the new development control feel that they can ignore the fact that planning is facing huge backlogs. Out of 11 councillors only half turned up for the July meeting! Cllr Wynne puts this down to it being summer, but isn't the recess in August?
4 Sep 2009