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Allowance rise awarded by Fire Authority

Officials who want to save money by shutting Windsor's fire station at night have voted themselves a massive 400 per cent increase in allowances.

by Francis Batt

28 Jun 2009

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Fire authority awards itself allowance rise

OFFICIALS who want to save money by shutting Windsor's fire station at night have voted themselves a massive 400 per cent increase in allowances.

26 Jun 2009

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Conservatives Against Green Taxation

Controversial local Conservative Councillor Tom Bursnall will break open David Cameron's Green Front with a Policy Motion at June's meeting of the Royal Borough of Windsor Maidenhead opposing Green Taxation on principle. The move is yet another embarrassment for Cameron, who despite his best efforts cannot get his party to take the threat of Global Warming and Sea Level Rise seriously.

22 Jun 2009

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Stealth Tax Tories Stealth Tax Tactics Strike Again!

Local Liberal Democrats have learnt that Windsor's Stealth Tax Tories 72% Parking Price Hike at River Street Car Park in Windsor, is in fact one of the lessons Windsor's Conservatives have imported from Conservative Wandsworth. Wandsworth traders, like their Windsor colleagues are up in arms at their Conservative Council's 43% hike in Parking Charges.

21 Jun 2009

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Tory Shadow Chancellor dodged £55,000 tax bill by 'flipping'

George Osborne avoided £55,000 in capital gains tax by 'flipping' his second home allowance, figures calculated by the Liberal Democrat treasury team have revealed.

15 Jun 2009

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