The Conservatives have forced a last-minute change of the rules to brush aside the recommendation of Parliament’s Standards Committee to suspend Owen Paterson for 30 days. This was despite him… Read More »Change of rules to save Owen Paterson from suspension an outrageous breach of public trust
Owen Paterson’s potential 30-day suspension from Parliament is a damning indictment of Government sleaze, say the Liberal Democrats. This comes after Mr Paterson has been caught out taking money from… Read More »Paterson case a ‘damning indictment’ of Government sleaze say Lib Dems
Small and medium-sized businesses in North Shropshire will pay an extra £4.5m a year due to the rise in national insurance, research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has found. Boris… Read More »£4.5m tax bombshell for North Shropshire’s small businesses
The Liberal Democrats have published figures showing that 24,835 of State Pensioners in North Shropshire are set to be impacted by the Conservative government breaking its manifesto promise and suspending… Read More »Nearly 25,000 pensioners in North Shropshire hit by Conservative broken promise on pensions
North Shropshire Liberal Democrats have slammed local Conservative MP Owen Paterson’s choice to break their promise to the electorate and vote for a 1.25% rise in National Insurance.The changes, which… Read More »Owen Paterson breaks promise to people of North Shropshire over unfair tax hike
The North Shropshire Liberal Democrats have called on Owen Paterson to back British farming this week, and vote to protect our high environmental and animal welfare standards. In a letter… Read More »Owen Paterson must use last chance to back farmers
The Liberal Democrats have called on the Government to commit to a Summer Learning Fund that would support 1,796 disadvantaged children across North Shropshire to get ready for returning to school. Liberal… Read More »1,796 pupils could benefit from Summer Learning Fund
According to government statistics published this week, 11,800 people in North Shropshire have benefited from the job retention scheme. A further 4,100 people in North Shropshire are receiving financial support through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme, following a successful campaign by… Read More »Support needed to protect workers and prevent redundancies in North Shropshire
Open letter to Owen Paterson MP for North Shropshire, requesting a response to the Prime Minister’s press conference this evening. Dear Mr Paterson, This evening I have watched the… Read More »Open Letter to Owen Paterson MP for North Shropshire
Today Helen Morgan reacted angrily to the news that Owen Paterson voted in parliament to undermine hard-working farmers in North Shropshire. Yesterday, local MP Owen Paterson voted against an amendment… Read More »Angry response as Owen Paterson voted against protecting British Farmers