Kent Trading Standards are warning users of email to be very wary of an email purporting to be from the Inland Revenue offering a tax refund. The amount offered is around £70. Please be wary of such emails. Do not click on the links and do not give away any personal data - this is a scam email, and the Inland Revenue issue no such real emails.
Shepway Liberal Democrats would like to offer our condolences to Folkestone Town Councillor Richard Theobold and his family on the hugely sad loss of his wife Odette, who died on 27th February. Our thoughts are with them at this time.
The Liberal Democrats have revealed figures showing that the declining value of the Winter Fuel Payment means it only just pays for a quarter of a pensioner's fuel bills. While the amount of the Winter Fuel Payment has been frozen at £200 for five years, fuel bills and the profits of energy companies have both risen.
From the Shepway District council web site: a page describing the etiquette, terms of address and precedence of the Chairman of the Council. The first sentence of the page at www.shepway.gov.uk/content/view/1539/1604/ reads "The Chairman of Shepway District Council is the First Citizen in the District of Shepway, and takes precedence over all others including the Town Mayors of Folkestone, Hythe, New Romney and Lydd."
Following the success of last year's Folkestone Multi-Cultural Festival which attracted thousands of visitors and residents to join in celebrations of the town's many different cultures, a bigger event is planned for 2008 - and the organisers are inviting participation from ethnic and other groups and also from schools which would like to their pupils to be involved.
Householders could end up paying an extra £70 into Whitehall coffers over the next three years unless the government fulfils its promise to give money raised through landfill tax back to councils, local government leaders have warned.
Sky-high energy bills are a massive problem for families, pensioners and businesses across the UK.
We can’t turn a blind eye to the devastation across the Occupied Territories if we want to achieve a permanent peace for Palestinians and Israelis.
I’m proud that once again it is the Liberal Democrats leading the way, with our vision for an economy that is growing strongly, where everyone feels the benefits.
Ed Davey Munira Wilson have written to Keir Starmer setting out five principles for SEND reform, and offering to work on a cross-party basis with the government to ensure the reforms deliver for children with SEND and their families.
Why we opposed the Government’s welfare bill
77 years ago today, the HMT Empire Windrush docked in Essex - marking the beginning of the Windrush generation’s arrival here in the UK.
Ed Davey is a husband, a father and a carer. He is the Leader of the Liberal Democrats.
It is Ed’s experience of caring that drives much of his politics, and motivates his tireless campaigning for a fair deal.
Meet our representatives and candidates.
