We cannot leave UK's International Development budget at at 0.36% of UK's Gross National Index . A return of the budget to 0.7% of the UK GNI will halt patronage from China and stop free and open states sliding further into autocracy.
A full council meeting of High Peak Borough debated whether the council should lobby the Chancellor, Rachel Reeves, to review the proposed changes in Winter Fuel payments, which could see pensioners in High Peak at risk.
Commenting on the one year anniversary of the 7th October terrorist attacks by Hamas in Israel, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said:
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today (4th October) call on the government to boost support for unpaid carers, on a visit to a charity that supports children and young adults with Down syndrome and those who care for them.
The number of families living in temporary accommodation has reached a record high, the latest homelessness statistics have revealed, while there has been a 14.2% rise in rough sleeping.
Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today said that the SNP are ignoring the immediate needs of staff and service users by continuing with their ministerial power grab of the social care sector, after a survey revealed big drops in sat
