Dear Editor,
People should be aware that if either the Conservatives or Labour win the next election a double bombshell will mean Council Tax bills are set to soar.
5 Feb 2005
National News
WARNING: COUNCIL TAX REVALUATION "BIGGEST STEALTH TAX RISE EVER" FOR TOTNES CONSTITUENCY
The Government's forthcoming revaluation of Council Tax will mean bigger bills for many Totnes residents if Labour or the Conservatives were to win the General Election Parliamentary spokesman Mike Treleaven warned today.
5 Feb 2005
Wolverhampton South West Liberal Democrats buy a goat and pay for a teacher to be trained with Oxfam
Wolverhampton South West Branch members tonight attended a 'Focus On A Goat' social event hosted by branch chairman Robin Lawrence. The event, as well as being a social event for the Liberal Democrats also was partly a fund-raiser for Oxfam. Enough was raised to buy a goat and to have a teacher trained.
4 Feb 2005
Pension Credit Take-up Grinding to a Halt
Epsom & Ewell Lib Dem Prospective Parliamentary Candidate Jonathan Lees has discovered that there are likely to be in the region of over 870 households in Epsom & Ewell eligible for the new Pension Credit but not receiving it. Pension Credit is an entitlement for people living in Great Britain aged 60 or over. It should guarantee everyone an income of at least £105.45 for single pensioners and £160.95 a week for pensioner couples.
4 Feb 2005
Local post offices disappearing at an alarming rate
In the last 5 years, new research by the Liberal Democrats reveals the shocking number of post offices closed; nearly 2,200 or 12% of all UK Post Offices.
4 Feb 2005
Lib Dems top student vote
A Unite/Mori student survey carried out in January 2004 on voting intentions gives the Lib Dems a leading share of 34%, with Labour on 28% and the Tories third on 19%. Students will have a major impact in 2005, as the elections are expected during the university year, on May 5, unlike in 2001 when the elections fell during the holiday period.
TB
4 Feb 2005