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Lib Dems publish plans to cut taxes for businesses by 24% in Bradford
Lib Dems publish plans to cut taxes for businesses by 24% in Bradford. The Liberal Democrats have published a comprehensive blueprint for replacing the broken business rates system, cutting taxes for businesses by in Bradford and District.
Tobacco Report Slates Bradford
The West Yorkshire Pension Fund has more assets invested in the tobacco industry than any other local authority pension fund in the country according to a report in the Guardian. This was based on data compiled from more than a hundred Freedom of Information requests. The Fund is administered by ...
Cable warns of crisis on High Streets
Responding to the news that House of Fraser went into administration before being bought out by Sports Direct, Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable said: “This is yet another example of the crisis in our high streets. There are many factors that appear to have contributed to this administration, s...
Lib Dems launch campaign for a Country Park
Idle and Thackley Liberal Democrats have launched a campaign to persuade Bradford Council and Yorkshire Water to create a brand new Country Park on surplus land in and around Esholt and Idle and Thackley ward. People can show their support by going on line at: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/cou...
Rate of severely obese primary pupils hits all-time high
Figures published today by Public Health England show that nationally one child in 25 aged between 10-11 in their last year at primary school is obese. Shockingly figures for Bradford show that MORE than 40 per cent of children in the Bradford district are overweight or obese when they leave prim...
Child poverty rising twice as fast as feared
Following the publication of a Living Standards Audit by the Resolution Foundation, published today, Jeanette Sunderland , Lib Dem, Idle and Thackley said "As a matter of urgency, deep cuts to Universal Credit and benefits that are disproportionately hurting poorer families should be reversed. To...
Anti-social use of Fireworks
Many of you will have heard fireworks being used during the early hours of the morning over the last few years in Bradford. We want to make sure that the Police, Council, Trading Standards and the Fire Services have all the powers and resources they need to tackle the problem.
