Transient Visitor Levy: Leith Walk ward residents and businesses views wanted
Cllr Caldwell and the Lib Dems have successfully pushed for the balance of spending to go more towards public infrastructure and services rather than tourism activities.
Cllr Caldwell and the Lib Dems have successfully pushed for the balance of spending to go more towards public infrastructure and services rather than tourism activities.
10,186 of those aged over 80 in Renfrewshire and Inverclyde are at risk of losing their Winter Fuel Payments due to the government’s cuts, the latest official statistics (released 24th September) have revealed.
Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Jamie Stone has today said that his party is “going from strength to strength in the Highlands” following a council by-election which has seen the Liberal Democrats storm to victory.
The new Labour Government is failing older people across the country, with their cuts to the Winter Fuel Payments.
Speaking as he addressed Their Majesties The King and Queen to mark 25 years since the opening of the Scottish Parliament, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said:
The Liberial democrats have led the charge as Leicestershire County Council backed a campaign to save the Winter Fuel Payments for the vast majority of pensioners.