582,800 in Hampshire will get Income Tax cut in April – Huhne
Commenting on the raising of the Personal Allowance further than already planned, local MP Chris Huhne said:
6 Dec 2012
National News
Some things we'd like to share with you
A handful of things you might not have read in today's papers about yesterday's Autumn Statement - 1) That from next April, most people will be paying nearly £600 a year less in Income Tax than they were under Labour. That's thanks to the Liberal Democrats !
6 Dec 2012
Riverside North Update
I have just come from a meeting of the Council's Corporate Services Overview and Scrutiny Committee, which had invited me to talk about the Riverside North development and answer the Committee's questions on the scheme.
6 Dec 2012
Council Tax Shock! As Conservatives Force Poor To Pay More
Plans by Conservative Wiltshire Council could see thousands of the poorest people in Wiltshire bearing the brunt of government changes to council tax benefits Changes being introduced by the coalition government will see a reduction of £3.5m in the total council tax benefits paid to Wiltshire Council.
6 Dec 2012
Hazel Watson: Liberal Democrat ministers protect services for Surrey residents
Commenting on the Chancellor's Autumn Statement announced yesterday, Cllr Hazel Watson Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition on Surrey County Council said:
6 Dec 2012
Conservative's former Mayor says "DO NOT VOTE Tory in Shenfield today"
In a shock tweet, last year's Tory Mayor has told Shenfield voters to "Vote for someone other than the conservative candidate" at the Shenfield by-election this morning. Mrs Joan Holmes, former town centre councillor, has made the dramatic move, she says, in response to the fact that her colleague will be sacked for "speaking his mind". Polls are open until until 10pm tonight and the Lib Dem candidate, Liz Cohen, is in a neck-and-neck race with the Tory candidate with the other parties clearly out of the race and over 500 votes behind.
6 Dec 2012