Local Liberal Democrats have welcomed moves by the government to raise the level at which people pay income tax, but they want the government to go further and faster. Cllr. Ruth Goldthorpe said that the increase from £6,475 to £7,475 in the 2011 budget and the proposed further increase of £630 in 2012 were very [...]
Todmorden Lib Dems strongly support the stance of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Lib Dem Danny Alexander that the 50p income tax rate on incomes over £150,000 must stay. Dr Michael Taylor, an economist with many years’ experience, disputes Conservative arguments that this tax doesn’t bring in revenue. “It is clearly nonsense”, he argues,” [...]
Dear Editor, The Cabinet’s proposals for Halifax Town Centre have provoked public comment to which I would like to respond. In my view, the first priority for a Council has to be to make it easy for local people to contact the Council – both in person and by telephone/email etc etc. The Council has [...]
The Liberal Democrats have just launched the Youth Contract, a £1bn programme to get many unemployed young people earning or learning, as quickly as possible. The Youth programme includes: A work experience place for every unemployed 18 to 24 year old who wants one. 410,000 new work places over the next three years. 20,000 more [...]
Comment from Cllr Janet Battye When I became the Leader of Calderdale Council in May last year, I wanted to make sure that the Council was open and transparent to the public. An important way of doing this was to introduce public question time to Cabinet meetings. Since then at each Cabinet meeting we have [...]
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