Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor Michael Mullaney has today welcomed the news that the independent body which advises the Government on the National Minimum Wage is to recommend that it be increased by 3%.
Local Lib Dems have welcomed the news that scrap metal thefts have fallen by a third in the past year - combatting unscrupulous thieves targeting churches, desecrating war memorials and causing disruption by stealing electric cables and metal from railway lines.
Liberal Democrats on Leicestershire County Council have voted against a Tory budget that included cuts of £32m and a Council Tax rise of 1.99%.
Bosworth's Conservative MP David Tredinnick has been slammed for an interview he carried out for the Astrological Journal in which he repeated his beliefs in using astrology in the NHS, attacked the BBC for being biased against astrology and accused opponents of using astrology in healthcare of "superstition, ignorance and prejudice." Mr Tredinnick's Lib Dem opponent Hinckley Cllr Michael Mullaney said "Will Mr Tredinnick ever stop? With all his talk about astrology he is letting local people down by denying them a voice in Parliament on the big issues. We need an MP who will speak up on the importance of employment, decent wages, pensions, improving the education system, transport issues, saving green spaces. "What we don't need is an MP who is making our area a laughing stock with his utterly ridiculous obsession with astrology" Mr Tredinnick did an interview with the January/February edition of the Astrological Journal, the following is an extract from the interview with Mr Tredinnick "I have a str
A manifesto for the Future of Council Housing was recently launched at the House of Commons. In attendance were Hinckley and Bosworth Tenants including Pam Wills, Chairman of Hinckley and Bosworth's Together for Tenants group and Michael Mullaney, Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor responsible for Council Housing. The manifesto emphasised the importance of building new Council Houses for people struggling to get on the housing market. Cllr Michael Mullaney said "Council Housing is an important part of the housing make up. After decades of there being no Council Houses built in Hinckley and Bosworth I am proud we are finally seeing some built. We've recently seen some new council houses acquired in Newbold Verdon and soon we will be seeing a new Council House building programme unveiled, that will see over a 100 new Council houses built in the borough, helping local families who are struggling to afford somewhere to live. "I'm delighted that local tenants and myself were able to attend the unveiling of this I
