The Conservatives are delighted to announce the defection of a leading Labour councillor in Tower Hamlets to the party.
Dr Anwara Ali, a Labour councillor in the borough since 2006, said her growing disillusionment with Labour and their failure to reform the NHS convinced her to join the Conservatives.
Commenting, Dr Anwara Ali said:
“I have been a [...]
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Another Labour councillor joins the Conservatives
How we cut Council Tax by 4%
David Burbage, Leader of Windsor Council,
January, 2010.
How we cut Council Tax by 4%
Our intention to deliver a lower council tax was made in our 2007 manifesto, which said we would aim to set a council tax increase under inflation each year.
Linking to September RPI guaranteed that pensioners in particular would end up being better off, [...]
Gordon Brown – Harnessing the power of technology
PM’s podcast on harnessing the power of technology
A transcript of the Prime Minister’s podcast on the Pre-Budget Report, recorded on 5 December 2009.
All our lives are being transformed by the digital revolution.
For many the internet and mobile phones are now seen as indispensible as electricity, gas and water.
And the wealth of information instantly available – [...]
City of Edinburgh Council under fire over treatment of vulnerable adults
Just a little update on local issues that are ongoing at the moment in Edinburgh
City of Edinburgh Council are attempting to force vulnerable adults with learning difficulties, physical disabilities, mental health problems and hearing problems to transfer to new care & support providers against the will of many and with negligible consultation. Service users, their [...]
David Cameron taunts Gordon Brown about his “relaunch without a price-tag”
David Cameron was on combative form as he responded to Gordon Brown’s statement in the Commons this afternoon on the publication of Building Britain’s Future.
Here are excerpts of the Conservative leader’s response from the Despatch Box:
“The Prime Minister talks about Building Britain’s Future. But isn’t it time the British people were asked whether they [...]
The Brown – Mandelson Double Act Fails to Amuse
It never fails to amaze me, the frequency that Brown and Mandelson make the comment “What the public want is” then make some inane statement to the effect of repairing the faulty system which has been used to line the pockets of many MP’s.
Then going on to say, they have to bring the economy back [...]
Labour Party Council Election Wipeout
With the Conservative Party virtually controlling all Local Authority Government, just how exactly are the Labour Party going to effectively run the country?
The massive disatisfaction of the electorate with the direction of government and MP’s expense fiasco has been demonstrated at the ballot box yet Gordon Brown still majors on.
His press conference performance yesterday, when [...]
Lords to vote on EU reform treaty
The House of Lords will vote later on whether to ratify the EU reform treaty – its final Parliamentary hurdle.
All 27 members states must ratify the treaty before it becomes law.
It comes amid calls for the treaty to be abandoned after it was rejected by the Irish in a referendum.
Conservative peer Lord Howell has tabled [...]
Future Scottish elections should not be run by the Scottish Government
Future Scottish elections should not be run by the Scottish Government, a committee of MPs has said.
More than 140,000 ballots were spoiled at last year’s elections.
Holyrood ’should not run ballots’
The Commons Scottish affairs committee said transferring responsibility for the ballots was not necessary.
But it also hit out at the role of the Scotland Office in [...]