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Last updated:
Tuesday 31 August, 2010


Tuesday 31 August 2010
New members sign up



Since the General Election membership of Pendle Labour Party has increased by over 100.

We are encouraged that many of the new members are young people.

This local increase in membership reflects the national increase of 25,000 new and rejoining members.

Anyone joining before 08 September 2010 will qualify to vote in the election for the Labour Party Leader.
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Monday 30 August 2010
Help save NHS Direct



Labour Councillors are urging Pendle residents to sign an online petition and force The Conservative/Lib Dem government to withdraw their proposal to scrap NHS Direct. Labour Leader, Cllr Mohammed Iqbal said “Since its introduction in 2,000, millions of people across the country have used NHS Direct; however, unfortunately this government seems hell-bent on destroying anything introduced by the last Labour government. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>

Wednesday 25 August 2010
Liberal Democrats making the poor pay



Today the Institute For Fiscal Studies (IFS) has concluded that the Budget will hit the poorest families hardest.

The IFS has found that jobless couples with children will suffer most losing about 8.5% of their income over four years.

It’s further evidence that Liberal Democrat policies are making the poor in the North West pay…

The Budget offered no help, no chance and no hope for the poorest and most vulnerable in the North West. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>
Friday 20 August 2010
The Condems Spending Cuts Programme - targeting areas in the North West with the greatest need



Benefits review is a shocking betrayal of North West families and pensioners Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>

Sunday 15 August 2010
Pendle Labour campaigns to save our schools whilst Andrew Stephenson 'chickens out' of facing anti-cuts protest.



Pendle
Labour Party continued the fightback last weekend against the Tory and Lib Dem cuts to the Building Schools for the Future programme in Pendle. Party members joined Labour Borough and County Councillors and other demonstrators in a rally outside Colne Library against the plans to scrap the programme. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>
Friday 13 August 2010
The ConDems Spending Cuts Programme - targeting areas in the North West with the greatest need



Thousands of North West families will be hit by housing benefit cuts. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>

Monday 09 August 2010
Conservative and Liberal Democrat Vat Bombshell



In early April, two days after Gordon Brown had gone to the palace and announced an election, Nick Clegg unveiled a General Election campaign poster. It was the day the Liberal Democrats chose to unveil their poster warning of VAT rises under a Conservative government. Fast-forward to today and Clegg is Deputy Prime Minister in a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition that has announced a rise in VAT to 20%. Follow this link to the Pendle News Page to read more>

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Wednesday 25 August 2010
Poor families bear brunt of coalition's austerity drive - Guardian



George Osborne's budget described as 'clearly regressive' by respected fiscal thinktank More>> Photograph: Rex Features
Tuesday 17 August 2010
Osborne's 'progressive' economic policies - Alistair Darling



Labour's Shadow Chancellor Alistair Darling responded to George Osborne's claims today that the government’s economic policy is 'fair' and 'progressive'.

"There's nothing 'pro-growth' about taking a huge gamble with the recovery - with people's jobs. And there's nothing 'fair' or 'progressive' about George Osborne's Budget hitting the poorest in our society hardest. He doesn't seem to understand that in government it's decisions, not warm words, that count."

Wednesday 11 August 2010
We're all in it together? Company bosses enjoy £500,000 pay increases - The Independent



Businessmen make mockery of government rhetoric with soaring salary and bonus packages, report demonstrates.

The incendiary debate over executive pay awards and bonuses was reignited yesterday when research revealed that the average pay package among the UK's top executives increased by £500,000 in the past financial year, while ordinary employees' salaries at a third of Britain's biggest companies remained frozen. More>>
Tuesday 10 August 2010
Jim Knight's response to Cameron's proposals on benefit fraud



Responding to David Cameron's proposals on benefit fraud Jim Knight, Shadow Minister for Welfare Reform, said:

"The Labour Government halved welfare fraud over the past decade and it's right that this should remain a priority.

"But David Cameron must not use this as a distraction from the fact that his government's policies will increase the numbers of people who are unemployed and dependent on benefits - at a cost to the taxpayer which will dwarf these fraud savings. More>>

Thursday 05 August 2010
Budget 'could hit women hardest': Osborne's cuts risk breaking equality law, says May



Home Secretary Theresa May issued an extraordinary warning that the Government’s emergency Budget ran a ‘real risk’ of breaking equality laws, it has emerged. More>>

Tuesday 03 August 2010
"Clegg is attempting to hammer legislation through Parliament with the slightest of scrutiny" - Straw



Shadow Justice Secretary, Jack Straw MP, responding to the Political and Constitutional Reform Select Committee’s damning criticism of Nick Clegg’s refusal to allow adequate scrutiny of his political reform Bills, More>>

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