Thursday, February 2, 2012

Fighting for jobs and health care - and against second-home council tax perks

11:46 AM | Posted by Free Game Zone | Edit Post

In the last of this series of personal reflections of the members of the North in 2011, the Liberal Democratic President

Tim Farron



, MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale , returns to the
North
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This past year has been an incredible roller coaster - in just 12 months old dictatorships were overthrown and replaced by a new era of democracy in North Africa, the potential drop in Rupert Murdoch, the media through the Empire phone hacking scandal and a summer that saw riots in some of the largest cities in the UK.

The BBC has called 2011 "The year I spent a lot", which has a catchy ring to ... but of course you're right! In Cumbria, we have had ups and downs also own. One of the highlights of my year was the opening of our new chemotherapy unit at Westmorland General Hospital in Kendal. We campaigned for years to provide cancer services at the hospital and so it's a great victory for us as a community. It was proof that the community work hard together can make a tangible difference in the lives of local people.

It is only half the job when and how the community since we went to the campaign of a radiotherapy unit of the hospital and it will be one of my main areas for 2012 to ensure that cancer patients across the South Lakes and Barrow have much easier access to treatment they need.
  • another successful campaign, I worked on was in the battle to eliminate the unfair council tax benefit for owners of second homes. Throughout the south of the lakes we have around 3,000 families are on waiting lists for social housing, however, more than 3,000 homes in the area. I have long felt that it is incredibly unfair that the boards were forced to give a subsidy of 50% of municipal taxes for owners of second homes. Provide tax relief for those who are clearly needed at least that's ridiculous and that's why I was happy when the government announced this fall that the grant would be applied and removed Councils will now be able to require full council tax on all second homes. In the south of Lakeland this could make a big difference in the campaign to provide more affordable housing for families in need.
Westmorland and Lonsdale in 2011 had some of the lowest figures unemployment in the UK. On the surface, this sounds like a fantastic statistic, however, does not take into consideration that we have among the highest rate of minimum wage workers in Britain. The average salary in the Great Lakes South is just £ 24 928 while the average price of a house more than 250,000 pounds. We went some way to try to correct this injustice by removing the tax subsidy second home and the board in October Gilbert Gilkes and Gordon Ltd made a successful bid for the Regional Growth Fund that will create 500 jobs and nearly Kendal and save another 250 -. a fantastic result for Gilkes and a fantastic result for the economy of South Lakes Local

In terms of government have been very uneven - the first increase in the tax threshold more down more than 800,000 people from all taxes, the battle to avoid the case of the 50p tax rate and the ongoing efforts to transform health and social reform project for the future of our NHS and undo some of the privatization that occurs during the last administration. There was a moment of boredom and recent events in Europe, which have divided the country into two, this means that next year is likely to be as memorable as the struggle to rebuild our relations with Europe and ensuring that the return to table discussions to ensure that decisions taken in the best interest of Great Britain.

Thus, in the hope that they enjoyed a seasonal Christmas greetings and all the best for 2012.


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