Multi-national companies must pay their fair share of taxes, the leader of the Conservative delegation at the European Parliament insisted today. Addressing the parliament, South West & Gibraltar MEP, Ashley Fox gave a cautious welcome to the European Commission's new proposals to tackle aggressive tax avoidance, agreeing that plans for...
Social media can be a wonderful gift: " Since they were founded as a modern political force in 1834, the Conservatives have acted as the parliamentary wing of the wealthy elite. A one time very senior Tory figure put it succinctly at an off-the-record gathering: the Conservative Party, he...
27 December 2015 Dear Mr Corbyn Voting Reform – the Constituency Link I write as a Green Party member who nevertheless hopes you can unite the Labour Party and cope with the right wing media. I am glad that you are thinking about voting reform. The Tories must be...
South West Conservative MEPs Julie Girling and Ashley Fox have congratulated Molly Scott-Cato of the Green Party for adopting a new approach to openness and transparency.Both Mrs Girling and Mr Fox, who have been publishing their expenses and lobbying information online for the last 6 years, were delighted to...
I'm writing this quickly because I wanted you to hear it as soon as possible. George Osborne has just announced that he's TOTALLY SCRAPPING PLANS TO CUT TAX CREDITS! Osborne is still making other announcements about his spending plans. There may well be stings in the tail, and we'll need to...
Local campaigners turned out in Weymouth to remind local politicians that their stance on tax credits is not shared by many in the community nor by the Parliamentary Work and Pensions Committee. Some local 38 Degrees campaigners met at Weymouth's Kings Statue to hand a petition to local MP...
Most people should know that the old system of household voter registration is being replaced by a new system of individual voter registration. To this end Election Services have been working extremely hard to persuade voters to register or to fill in those yellow forms. The new register is...
This government’s policies are harming millions of ordinary people. Now they are changing the whole voting system, making it harder for us to vote them out of power. People are not being fairly represented in Parliament, and millions risk losing their vote. You can help stop this. Act...
Julie Girling, Conservative MEP for South West England and Gibraltar contacted Dorset Eye and stated that: “Since 2001 the UK has applied a 5 per cent reduced rate of VAT to the supply of sanitary products which is lower than many other EU countries. Whilst there is no VAT exemption...
Twenty two teams from councils across the South West came to Taunton this week to compete against each other for the new South West Local Authority Challenge Cup. This exciting challenge was organised by South West Councils to give the teams of six the experience of what it is...
