Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable has today written to Lord Mandelson about the takeover of Cadbury by US company Kraft being part financed by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Windsor's Conservative Councillors can afford to pay themselves 91% higher allowances, but can't afford to run the local services that residents rely on. That's the verdict from local Lib Dems as the Conservatives begin a round of cuts at the council. According to reports in the local press up to 100 jobs could go as the Conservatives struggle to get to grips with a budget, already supported by massive extra borrowing of £6million.
The Royal Borough has confirmed between 10 and 100 jobs could be axed and several departments merged as part of a major restructuring programme to cut costs.
The Mayor of the Royal Borough has hit back at criticism that his charity ball is overpriced by revealing that Prince Philip will be in attendance.
The Financial Times has revealed in detail the muddled thinking behind the Conservatives proposals for transferable tax allowances to support marriage. In agreement with local Lib Dems the FT concluded that "The beneficiaries of (the Conservatives') transferable tax allowances are single-earner couples who tend to be at the upper end of the income distribution. The policy is therefore a straight-forward redistribution from poor to rich.
The Times has uncovered more dodgy donations from millionaires to the Conservative Party. In an article published on the 10th January, the Times revealed that tens of thousands of pounds donated by the Goldsmith family and by the Reuben brothers, who are property developers and aluminium tycoons, had been improperly recorded by the Conservative Party thereby obscuring the source of the money.
Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, thousands of Ukrainian children have found safety in the UK – but many still face uncertainty, disruption, and trauma. They deserve security, stability, and the chance to thrive.
The contaminated blood scandal is one of the gravest injustices in NHS history. We must honour victims with recognition, dignity, and compensation – and ensure no one ever suffers from such injustice again.
Years of Conservative cuts have hollowed out the legal aid system, leaving millions without access to timely legal advice. Our new policy will legal aid a guaranteed right, ensure no one is left without help.