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Voting System
Which electoral system would you prefer for the House of Commons
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 Liberal Democrats Fantasy Tax Policy |
The Liberal Democrats have maintained their ability to promise people anything they want to hear irrespective of the facts. The latest is the myth that a 'mansion tax' on the most valuable homes can pay for the first £10k of earnings being tax...
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| Lib Dem council pursues Tory Ryanair service charges |
Concern at ‘RyanAir’ Museums Labour Prospective Parliamentary candidate who introduced free charges for Bristol's museums has struck out at plans to reintroduce museum charges. Paul Smith introduced free museum entry for a...
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| Paul Smith Launches Blog |
Paul Smith's Blog can be found at http://bristolwestpaul.wordpress.com/ ...
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| Grafitti Artists Invade House of Commons |
The Banksy exhibition has been the most successful ever at the Bristol Museum. Around 1/2 million people queued in good British fashion to see pictures, sculpture and amusing visuals in a exhibition room and dotted around the whole museu...
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| Bristol does not want to be led by Bigots |
Conservative leader in Bristol, Bristol Eddy, has once again used he attack on so-called 'political correctness' to demonstrate that he is no more than a small minded bigot. This time he has attacked a lottery grant to Bristol West charity EA...
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| Report reveals Tories' threat to families |
A new report shows that George Osborne's plans are badly flawed and would mean taking child tax credits away from couples earning over £31,000 per year A new report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has shown that families on modest and middle incomes would have to lose out to make Conservative plans add up. Research by the independent think tank was originally cited by George Osborne as confirmation that his plan to cut child tax credits would only mean ending support for families on incomes over £50,000. However, the IFS’ Green Budget report released this week spells out that in order to reach the £400 million in savings that George Osborne said his plan would raise the Tories would actually need to cut support to modest and middle income couples earning over £16,000 each. When announced at last year’s Conservative Conference it was claimed that the plan would only hit those earning over £50,000. In January when George Osborne’s sums were called into question by Treasury data, the Conservatives reaffirmed their plan in a dossier stating; “Our estimates that this policy would save £400m were verified by the independent Institute for Fiscal Studies”. However those claims have been dealt a blow this week with the IFS claiming the actual saving would be far less. With tax credits making a real difference to thousands of families, the reality that George Osborne’s plans would mean parents couples earning over £31,000 would lose out will come...
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| Conservatives risk to the recovery |
A new report shows how the Conservatives' plans for immediate cuts could damage the economic recovery, as well as hitting families hard. Warnings from the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) and the National Institute for Social Research (NIESR) call into question Tory plans to cut spending in 2010. Child tax credits and Trust Funds are amongst programmes set to be cut, hitting families hard and threatening the economic recovery. Speaking to The Politics Show in January, David Cameron laid out conservative spending plans saying; “I think it is right to make a start in reducing some of those public spending programmes in 2010, this year.” However, speaking to Radio 4 today, Ray Barrell, Director of Forecasting, NIESR said “There’s no need to cut spending now… what we should do is to have a fiscal expansion now and a fiscal contraction in the future”. The warnings on Conservative policy have been raised by today’s publication of the IFS Green Budget which argues against spending cuts this year. The report follows repeated warnings from leading economists on the danger of immediate spending cuts. Speaking to the Financial Times in January, John Hawksworth of PricewaterhouseCoopers said; “premature monetary or fiscal tightening (i.e. anytime before 2011 on any scale) would be risky” Today's report underlines how the Conservatives’ economic plans would put the recovery at risk and shows that the Tories’ approach would hit families and businesses today. Following the disarray in their position over recent weeks, today’s fresh concerns from economic...
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Paul Smith's Blog can be found at http://bristolwestpaul.wordpress.com/ ...
The Banksy exhibition has been the most successful ever at the Bristol Museum. Around 1/2 million people queued in good British fashion to see pictures, sculpture and amusing visuals in a exhibition room and dotted around the whole museu...