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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.
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.
PendleLabour 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
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>
Leadership
Election PageWednesday 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>> Visit
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