South Lakes MP Tim Farron has raised concerns of the proposals by Cumbria County Council to increase the price charged to vulnerable pensioners for the 'Meals on Wheels' service by 46%.
THE failed former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has launched an arrogant attack on the Sunday Express crusade to save Remploy jobs, saying disabled staff just sit around drinking coffee all day. Iain Duncan Smith has launched an attack on the Sunday Express crusade to save Remploy jobs
Matthew Smith has written this open letter to Keir Starmer QC regarding the sentence handed down to Jordan Sheard for the killing of Steven Simpson.
How the Work Capability Assessment costs lives - its impact on people with mental health problems is more serious than Atos have acknowledged.
The Budget setting Council Meeting ended predictably. The Conservative used their majority to push through their Budget proposals. The meeting was lack lustre and it felt at times as if we were simply going through the motions. As usual we, The Liberal Democrats proposed an alternative budget. I know it had no chance of being supported by the Conservatives. I do not think that is really point rather it is an opportunity to tell our residents that despite financial constraints it is possible to propose initiatives that really help local people and still freeze Council Tax.
The much anticipated opening of The Higgins Bedford will take place on the longest day of the year, Friday 21st June, in an...