Cannock Chase Liberal Democrats

The one Liberal Democrat controlled parish-status council in Cannock Chase reduced its precept (bit of the council tax bill) this year while many other parish councils raised theirs. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-483 56581

Following our AGM last night the officers of Cannock Chase Liberal Democrats are: Chair, Georgina Harvey; Vice Chair & Secretary, Cllr Paul Fisher; Treasurer, Patricia Ansell; Data Officer, Tim Jones.

Liberal Democrats believe that the government should protect our environment by firm action and are disappointed with this news. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-enviro nment-48667641

A reminder to members that the constituency Annual General Meeting is this evening (Tuesday 18th June) at 41 Birch Lane, Brereton, WS15 1EJ.

We are delighted that a Staffordshire resident Phil Bennion has been elected as Liberal Democrat MEP for the West Midlands region. Phil is a hard worker with a detailed knowledge of Europe and a good friend of Cannock Chase.

Thank you Staffordshire resident Phil Bennion and all the rest of the team for being such good and hardworking European election candidates.

Very many thanks to those who have been delivering our European election leaflets. We still have some left. If anybody would like to volunteer to help, please get in touch.

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Yesterday I received the Labour leaflet for the European elections. It speaks of cuts (a responsibility of Westminster not the EU). It may help to remember Labour’s 2010 manifesto (which we have a copy of) included (page 0.6):
“The Manifesto reflects the tough choices that we will make to secure Britain’s future in a way that is fair to all: • Tough choices for £15 billion efficiency savings in 2010-11. • Tough choices on cutting government overheads: £11 billion of further... operational efficiencies and other cross-cutting savings to streamline government will be delivered by 2012-13. • Tough choices on pay: action to control public-sector pay including a one per cent cap on basic pay uplifts for 2011-12 and 2012-13, saving £3.4 billion a year, and new restrictions on senior pay-setting. • Tough decisions on public sector pensions to cap the taxpayers’ liability – saving £1 billion a year. • Tough choices on spending: £5 billion already identified in cuts to lower priority spending. • Tough choices on welfare: our reforms will increase fairness and work incentives, including £1.5 billion of savings being delivered. • Tough choices on assets: £20 billion of asset sales by 2020. • Tough choices on tax: a bonus tax, reduced tax relief on pensions for the best off, a new 50p tax rate on earnings over £150,000 and one penny on National Insurance Contributions.”
It also mentioned: “as savings accrue from housing benefit through our reforms” (page 6.3). Please could some Labour supporter tell me what savings it would have made to housing benefit.
In plain English "tough choices" means cuts and privatisation.
And the Labour euro-leaflet still pretends that there his a good deal to be had under Brexit if only Labour were in charge.
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