NEW figures slipped out by the Treasury reveal that in its first year of operation the government’s flagship national insurance holiday for new businesses has supported just 2.5 per cent of the businesses promised help by the Chancellor in his first Budget.Read
AS a result of Government cuts, 14.4% of police officers from communities in Wirral are set to go. This means 650 fewer police officers on Merseyside’s streets.Read
AFTER months of grandstanding, the Tory-led Government signalled that it was finally prepared to enter into proper negotiations with the unions. This comes only weeks ahead of planned strike action by the unions on November 30th.Read
AT LABOUR Party Conference last week I spoke about how proud Liverpool’s first female MP “battling” Bessie Braddock would have been to see the event being held in her city for the first time.Read