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- Cameron's disgraceful failure of leadership on RBS bonus - Ed Miliband January 27, 2012
- The Prime Minister has failed to act on banker's bonuses despite his promises to do so January 27, 2012
- New survey shows New Homes Bonus failing to deliver - Dromey January 27, 2012
- Additional job cuts are a testament to failure of Government's defence review - Kevan Jones January 27, 2012
- Heart attack research shows major strides by NHS, demolishes another Cameron Health Bill claim - Burnham January 27, 2012
On Thursday 19th January, Liz Kendall MP, Andy Burnham MP (Shadow Health Secretary) and other members of Labour’s Health Team are visiting the East Midlands to shadow NHS frontline staff and then hold a ‘Drop the Bill’ rally. The event will take place at 4pm in Leicester. Full details will be sent once you...
Continue Reading »A report published today finds that Government misled MPs and Peers over the hostility to disability benefit reform. It reveals that Parliament has been given only a partial view of the overwhelming opposition to the Coalition’s planned reforms of a key disability benefit, Disability Living Allowance (DLA). The research finds that this opposition was...
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A new survey of care provided by local councils, published today by Labour, reveals shocking increases and wide disparities in charges for services for vulnerable elderly and disabled people. Councils are increasing charges for: home care: the average hourly charge is now £13.49, a rise of 6% since 2009/10 meals on wheels: the average...
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The Public Accounts Committee today published its report on HMRC and the way in which it’s dealing with tax disputes. It found that there is £25 billion outstanding in unresolved tax bills, mostly from large companies. The HMRC did not fully cooperate with the Public Accounts Committee and sought to keep details from Parliament...
Continue Reading »This article was published in Progress 24th September 2011 by Deputy Mayor of Leicester, Cllr Rory Palmer. Rory talks about Leicester’s early experience with having a directly elected mayor and what other cities can learn from it. Read the article, “Yes to directly elected mayors”.
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