Hinckley & Bosworth Liberal Democrats

The announcement yesterday by the Chancellor in the budget statement of the scrapping of the unfair beer duty escalator and a 1p reduction in beer duty has been welcomed locally.

Cllr David Gould (Lib Dem: Barwell), who last November put a motion to Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council calling on the government to scrap the beer duty escalator, welcomed the news.

Families in Hinckley and Bosworth are to get greater financial support for childcare thanks to a major new initiative.

Liberal Democrat analysis shows that the £1bn boost nationally to help parents with childcare costs could benefit around 3,942 families in Hinckley and Bosworth

The Coalition Government's scheme will save the typical working family with two children up to £2,400 a year.

Campaigners fighting to save Hinckley's Ambulance Station have welcomed news that the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) now support keeping a station in the town.

EMAS have today published their final recommendations for the future of the Ambulance Service in the East Midlands. Entitled "Being the Best" it sets out plans to have 28 Ambulance Stations and Hubs in the region including an Ambulance Station in Hinckley.

Liberal Democrats are celebrating victory in the Barwell: Red Hall Parish by-election. The Lib Dems candidate Charlotte Green won the seat with 109 votes to 75 for Labour, with the Conservatives trailing in third with just 61 votes.

Cllr Stuart Bray leader of Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council said "I welcome Charlotte's election. She is well known in Barwell through her community work over the years on groups like Active8 and the Barwell Carnival Committee. She will make a great addition to the parish team.

A leading local Liberal Democrat told his party's conference this weekend about new jobs, investment and apprenticeships being delivered in
Hinckley and Bosworth.


Lib Dem parliamentary spokesman for Bosworth Cllr Michael Mullaney spoke during the manufacturing debate at the party's national
conference.


Michael Mullaney said "In Lib Dem run Hinckley and Bosworth we have made supporting local industry a priority for the Council. We supported
Technology firm MIRAs based on the A5s, bid to become an enterprise zone. We were delighted that Vince Cable and the government backed the Enterprise Zone there.


"The Enterprise Zone in MIRA is due to create at least 2000 jobs to our area and bring millions of pounds of investment to the local economy.


"It is also good to see a big increase in apprenticeships locally. Last year the increase in apprenticeships in Hinckley and Bosworth was the 2nd biggest in the country.


"Recently the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, visited the North Warwickshire and Hinckley College Construction site in Harrowbrook Construction Centre, Hinckley, to see the good work being done giving local young people the skills needed to find work.


"Manufacturing is a vital part of the economy in Hinckley and Bosworth and I'm glad Lib Dems in government are making manufacturing industry a priority."

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has closed the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in Brighton by calling on members to spread the message of the Party's commitment in Government to deliver a stronger economy and a fairer society.

In his keynote Leader's speech, Nick paid tribute to the work of the Party in winning the Eastleigh by-election, beating the Conservatives into third place and squeezing Labour while campaigning on the Lib Dem record of delivering in Government.

Campaigners fighting to save Hinckley's Ambulance Station have welcomed news of a breakthrough in the campaign.

Last Autumn East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) proposed closing Hinckley's Ambulance Station along with 65 others in the East Midlands and replacing them with 13 "Hubs" the nearest of which to the Hinckley area would be in Leicester.

Councillors David Bill (Lib Dem: Hinckley Clarendon) and Michael Mullaney (Lib Dem: Hinckley Trinity) were recently contacted by local residents about the poor state of the grass verges along Roston Drive in Hinckley. Roston Drive is the first road on the Hollycroft Estate that people see when driving in from the A5. It needs to look good."

Liberal Democrats are this weekend celebrating success in the Eastleigh by-election.

Lib Dem Mike Thornton held on to the seat vacated by Chris Huhne by a majority of 1771 votes.

The Conservatives were pushed into a humiliating third place, while Labour, who as the main opposition party should be making progress in mid-term by-elections, slumped to fourth and saw their share of the vote stay static.