Responding to the latest poverty statistics showing that 28% of children, 23% of working-age adults and 11% of pensioners were in material deprivation in 2024, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions spokesperson Steve Darling MP said:
Liberal Democrat Councillors for the Rural West ward are calling for Northern Rail to take action on the new car park charges at Poppleton Station.
Read Pippa's reaction to the Chancellor's Spring statement
Gideon Amos, MP for Taunton and Wellington, has called for more support for small businesses following the Chancellor’s Spring Statement yesterday (Wednesday).
Responding to the news that the SNP Government have failed to meet their interim target for child poverty, with 22% of children still living in relative poverty, Scottish Liberal Democrat communities spokesperson Willie Rennie MSP said:
North East Fife MSP Willie Rennie has called on local people to join a protest this Saturday to save the animal care unit at Elmwood. He has warned that without the course the closure of the whole site would be ‘inevitable’.
