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Labour Lambeth rejects 1.5% council tax reduction

Labour Lambeth rejects 1.5% council tax reduction

Labour Lambeth has rejected a lawful alternative Conservative budget that would have cut Council Tax by 1.5 per cent to help hard pressed residents hit by the government’s failure to manage the economy. Building on…

Jowell: Recession will be ‘deepest ever’

A local Labour MP has admitted that the economy is wrecked after 11 years of Labour Goverment and facing a recession “deeper than any that we have known”. Tessa Jowell, the Olympics Minister, made the admission while being interviewed…