The Budget announcement that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will be raised to £10,000 in April 2014 - one year sooner than had been expected has been welcomed locally. This means 48,300 ordinary working people in Hinckley and Bosworth will get a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total Income tax cut to £700 a year since Liberal Democrats joined the Coalition Government.
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.
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.
A leading local Liberal Democrat told his party's conference this weekend about new jobs, investment and apprenticeships being delivered in
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."
