Employment figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show further encouraging signs that our economy is recovering. In the quarter to August, unemployment fell by 154,000 to 1.97m. This is largest fall in unemployment since records began.
Lib Dem Rochester and Strood by election candidate Geoff Juby hit out at the failure of Mark Reckless, the Conservative MP for Rochester & Strood who recently switched to UKIP, to deal with local issues this weekend. In an interview with Sunday Politics South East he highlighted the failure of Mr Reckless to deal with the issues that matter to people locally.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has written to a series of major national retailers asking them to look at opening new premises in Kendal.
Bedford Borough Council has announced more good news for Bedford Town Centre and local shoppers with the introduction of free parking on Sundays in all town centre car parks.
- Breheny Civil Engineering appointed to commence £18.6million project
Iain Duncan Smith, planner extraordinaire, aims to have the majority of Universal Credit claims made online. Here's an example of someone who will be completely excluded from claiming because of that: