Local people say cut taxes – but not at expense of the poor

The decision to scrap the 10p rate left Gordon Brown facing one of the worst crises of his premiership earlier this year as Labour MPs rebelled and forced him to spend £2.7 billion on a package of tax cuts to compensate people who lost out.
Results of a recent survey of public opinion conducted by Philip [...]

Last-minute plea on post offices

Campaigners across Shropshire issued a last-ditch plea to Post Office bosses to safeguard the future of under-threat branches in the county. Twenty-eight post office branches and mobile services across the county were earmarked for closure earlier this year as part of a programme to axe 2,500 across the country. Campaigners issued an 11th-hour call to [...]