Cllrs put off buy the cost of Mayor's ball
THE Mayor's charity ball for the Royal Borough is proving to be too expensive even for councillors.
22 Jan 2010
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Nick Clegg and Vince Cable tackle Labour on Royal Bank funding of Kraft's Cadbury takeover
Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable has today written to Lord Mandelson about the takeover of Cadbury by US company Kraft being part financed by the Royal Bank of Scotland.
20 Jan 2010
Conservative Cuts Begin
Windsor's Conservative Councillors can afford to pay themselves 91% higher allowances, but can't afford to run the local services that residents rely on. That's the verdict from local Lib Dems as the Conservatives begin a round of cuts at the council. According to reports in the local press up to 100 jobs could go as the Conservatives struggle to get to grips with a budget, already supported by massive extra borrowing of £6million.
16 Jan 2010
JOB CUTS: Council to cut up to 100 jobs in restructure
The Royal Borough has confirmed between 10 and 100 jobs could be axed and several departments merged as part of a major restructuring programme to cut costs.
AW
15 Jan 2010
'Mayor's big bash just too expensive'
The Mayor of the Royal Borough has hit back at criticism that his charity ball is overpriced by revealing that Prince Philip will be in attendance.
15 Jan 2010
Financial Times Reveals the Flaws in Conservative Tax Plans for Marriage
The Financial Times has revealed in detail the muddled thinking behind the Conservatives proposals for transferable tax allowances to support marriage. In agreement with local Lib Dems the FT concluded that "The beneficiaries of (the Conservatives') transferable tax allowances are single-earner couples who tend to be at the upper end of the income distribution. The policy is therefore a straight-forward redistribution from poor to rich.
11 Jan 2010
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