'Mayor's big bash just too expensive'
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 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.
The Conservative party hid donations of £40,000 from Zac Goldsmith, his brother Ben and two billionaire brothers in an apparent breach of the law.
The research doesn't support David Cameron's thesis - and most people think there are better targets for tax breaks.
British politics is obsessed with a silly row over whether the Conservative policy of "recognising marriage in the tax system" is affordable. This is an idiotic question. Anything is affordable if you are willing to raise taxes elsewhere or borrow to fund it.
Read Ed Davey's speech to the Liberal Democrats' Autumn Conference in Brighton
Carers are not just support for their loved ones—they are the glue holding our fragile social care system together. They deserve more than token acknowledgements or empty promises.
Liberal Democrats believe that everyone has the right to enjoy clean, safe water and unpolluted rivers, lakes, and coastlines. We are committed to ending the national sewage scandal and holding water companies accountable for their environmental impact.