A big day for pensioners Wednesday, 10 April, 2024 Some residents have said they were surprised there was nothing in the 2024 Budget about pensions. And in one sense they’re right - because the two main decisions had already been announced earlier: Increasing the State Pension by 8.5% on the 8th April. Maintaining the Triple Lock Let me focus on these points in turn. ...but two confessions first: First, I used to run a pensions business. There is... Articles
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Women's Refuges and Support for Domestic Abuse Survivors 15th March 2018 Last year I co-chaired a Joint Select Committee inquiry into the Future of Supported Housing. The government's response to that inquiry adopted almost all of... Westminster News
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Apprenticeships Minister Visits Gloucester 9th March 2018 It was a great day for Gloucester yesterday, visited by the first female Apprenticeship Minister Anne Milton on International Women's Day and National... Local News
New Energy Cap Bill will help about 25,000 city residents 8th March 2018 Speaking in the House of Commons debate on the Domestic Gas and Electricity (Tariff Cap) Bill last night, Gloucester MP Richard Graham said the Bill’s cap on... Local News
Gloucester History Trust's New Charity 7th March 2018 The Gloucester History Trust has been approved by the Charities Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) to run the Festival and other related... Local News
Time to cap legal fees on NHS clinical negligence 7th March 2018 There is currently no limit on legal costs claimed by lawyers in NHS cases of clinical negligence. These reimburse patients and families who’ve suffered from... Local News