Haywards Heath is identity fraud hotspot
Haywards Heath is the 15th worst town in the country for identity fraud according to a new study by fraud prevention company, Experian.
17 Apr 2007
Save our green belt
The Government has doubled the housebuilding target for Stockport, weakened the protections on a third of our precious green belt, and is forcing the Council through Ministerial Directives and threats to adopt a Local Plan which will let developers target green belt first.
We oppose this government’s ‘developers charter’ and need your voice. Do you agree with us that the green spaces that make our area special need to be preserved, and new housing should first be built on brownfield sites, after the infrastructure is provided with schools, improved transport, and GP places guaranteed? Help us send a message to Government and make Labour listen to local people.
Find our more about the local plan on our frequently asked questions page.
Save our green belt
Do you agree with us that the green belt needs to be preserved, brownfield sites prioritised, and schools, transport, and GP places guaranteed?
'WE CAN CUT CRIME' SAY LOCAL LIB DEMS
Local Liberal Democrats were promoting the party's policies on crime in Scarborough this weekend. A team of campaigners were talking to the public and collecting signatures for Shadow Home Secretary Nick Clegg's 5 steps to cutting crime.
17 Apr 2007
Listen to the Lords
There can be few more emotive questions than the appropriate protective powers of the state over mentally ill people. Cases like that of Michael Stone - who, 11 years ago, bludgeoned to death Lin Russell and her daughter Megan - arouse deep-seated and understandable fears about dangerous men being allowed out on the loose. But set against such cases are stories like that of Randle McMurphy, who in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest was destroyed at the hands of a mental institution. It is a fictional tale, but one which too often finds echoes in real-life reporting, which time and again has exposed how ruinous the behaviour of the over-stretched authorities can become once they are freed of the need to be led by the wishes of the patient.
17 Apr 2007
Firm defends disabled rail spaces
A rail company has defended a decision to have only two spaces at Shrewsbury station's front car park for members of the public who are not disabled. Arriva Trains Wales, which runs the car park, said it follows resurfacing work and the firm is complying with industry regulations over disabled car spaces.
17 Apr 2007
ESSEX TORIES IN DISSARAY
Commenting on news that Cllr Rodney Bass, cabinet member for highways and transportation has resigned from the cabinet and that Cllr Mark Cossens and Cllr Pierre Oxley have resigned from the Conservative group at county hall, with Cllr Cossens also sacked as chair of the Corporate policy development group, Liberal Democrat leader, Cllr Tom Smith-Hughes said:
17 Apr 2007
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Brown faces vote of No Confidence over pensions fiasco
The government faces a double assault over their pensions failure in Parliament. Tonight, Gordon Brown will face a vote of no confidence in the Commons over his 1997 decision to scrap tax relief on pension funds. The Tory motion has Lib Dem support but is almost certain to be voted down by Labour MPs. Tomorrow, Mr Brown risks further embarrassment if the government suffers defeat over a cross-party attempt to amend the Pensions Bill to secure improved compensation for the victims of collapsed occupational pension schemes.
17 Apr 2007
