08 Feb 2013 By admin Disabled activists are planning legal action over the government's decision to tighten eligibility for support for people with the highest mobility needs.
Simon Tilford, of the Centre for Europan Reform, has identified the rigged property market as being the UK's biggest economic distortion, comparable in its damaging effects to the paralyzed labour market of the southern European nations. He idenifies LVT as a major component in fixing this problem, although I'm not sure I would go with him on deregulating the green belts. Still, a thoughtful article, see...
Commenting on the further raising of the Personal Allowance, Hazel Watson the Liberal Democrat Leader of the Opposition on Surrey County Council, said:
The Liberal Democrats on the County Council believe that investing in renewable energy is vital for our environment and economic future and that councils have a role to play in this. The first amendment we will be proposing at the budget meeting on Wednesday asks officers to carry out a feasibly study into the Council producing green energy from renewal sources.
Liberal Democrats on Leicestershire County Council will be proposing an amendment to the County Council's budget on Wednesday which seeks to put back a cut over £1m to highways maintenance being implemented by the Conservative Administration. The Liberal Democrat opposition group on the Council acknowledges that these are difficult times for local government but believes that it makes no sense to cut road maintenance at a time when the severe weather conditions during 2012 have created a backlog of pot holes and blocked road drains.
Wessex Water have been given permission for a new "sludge digestion facility" at their Trowbridge works, subject to their producing an improved landscaping scheme.