Category: General News
Hunt: Let’s fight Labour’s cider tax
In a blow to cider makers and responsible cider drinkers, the Labour Government have reaffirmed their plans to impose a 10% increase in tax on cider. Conservatives today launched local campaigns to challenge Labour to follow Conservatives’ plans and scrap the cider tax.
Business supports Conservative plans to stop the jobs tax
38 top employers, who employ over half a million people, have now signed a letter stating that they “welcome George Osborne’s plan to stop Labour’s increase in national insurance by cutting Government waste”, and that “… stopping the national insurance rise will protect jobs and support the recovery.”
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Labour will kill the recovery
The Brownboots Recovery
A tax on jobs in the middle of the recovery will kill the economy
- The Federation of Small Businesses and the Centre for Economics and Business Research have estimated that Labour’s tax on jobs will cost 57,000 jobs in small and medium-sized enterprises alone.
FSB news release, 28 October 2009
Gordon Brown’s failure on immigration
Gordon Brown’s speech this week on immigration ignored the extent of Labour’s failure.
Labour’s ten worst immigration failures:
- Immigration is up threefold since Labour came to power.
- Labour estimated that only 13,000 Eastern Europeans would arrive after joining the EU. In fact more than a million migrants from new EU states have come here since 2004.
Cameron’s Pensioner Pledge
David Cameron has pledged to protect the rights and livelihoods pensioners.
“The Government I lead will make sure that older and retired people are treated with dignity and given the quality of life they deserve. This is my pledge to support pensioners.
William Roache: “The Conservatives understand the importance of giving the elderly dignity and security”
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Coronation Street star William Roache MBE has recorded a film on funding social care, in which he raises concerns about the government’s proposed death tax.
William Roache questions Labour's plans for a £20,000 death tax
Protect children from sexualisation, says Cameron
Firms that exploit children sexually will be banned from Government contracts.
Cameron: 'I want to make Britain the most family-friendly country in the World'
David Cameron will ban the ‘most manipulative marketing techniques; strengthen regulations; and give people the power to make complaints.
He said its was part of his campaign to make Britain the most
‘family-friendly country in the world’.
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House building under Labour falls to lowest levels since 1946
Housebuilding in 2009 has fallen to its lowest level since 1946. With just 118,000 completions.
Home building at its lowest level since 1946
Applications to build new homes across the UK fell by 17%. Showing that the much needed recovery is yet to materialise.
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Rural Pools: Conservatives to the Rescue
Support Eric Ollerenshaw’s campaign.
I am delighted the Conservative administration at Lancashire County Council recognises and appreciates the financial pressures facing Lancaster City Council, and that they are confident that they can work with us to ensure that the pools in Carnforth, Heysham and Hornby remain open for community use.
Save Our Rural Pools: Sign Our Petition
Support Eric Ollerenshaw’s campaign to stop Lancaster City Council cutting its funding to our rural swimming pools
Lancaster’s Lib Dem-led cabinet voted on the 19th January to cease funding to Hornby, Carnforth and Heysham community pools, which the City Council has been managing for the past ten years.
