Bill Esterson MP

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Sefton Central MP Bill Esterson's Westminster Diary

• May 21, 2013

  

  In parliament, I asked a question about the level of business rates. This is because a number of people who run small businesses in Formby, Crosby and Maghull have told me that the cost of rent and rates is one of the biggest challenges they face in surviving the continuing...

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• May 14, 2013

  

  Small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities. They are at the heart of what goes on and the relationships between those who run small businesses and their customers can be absolutely crucial in supporting many people through day to day contact and support, particularly for pensioners. As someone who...

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• May 7, 2013

  

  Part of Aintree Davenhill Primary School was rebuilt and part refurbished as a result of the last Labour Government's Primary Capital Programme.Although the Tory-Lib Dem Government stopped the funding for the school, Labour-run Sefton Council provided the money required to complete the project. The new buildings at the school have...

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• April 30, 2013

  

  David Cameron promised us the NHS would be safe on his watch but instead his Government has haemorrhaged thousands of nurses and A&E units in Merseyside are struggling in a way not seen since the bad old days of the 1990s.Almost 4,500 nursing jobs have been lost since David Cameron...

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• April 23, 2013

  

  The UK has been stripped of its coveted AAA credit by a second agency. Fitch has joined its rival Moody’s in reducing the credit rating to AA+ and its decision comes on top of the call from the International Monetary Fund for the government to rethink its austerity plans.When the...

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• April 16, 2013

  

  This month has seen big changes in the benefits system. Virtually none of these cuts are actually targeted at false claimants or individuals choosing not to seek work. The government has given councils 10% less money for council tax benefit than it was paying out under the old central government...

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• April 9, 2013

  

  The government says that we all gain from a higher personal tax allowance of nearly £10,000. Yet when you look at the detail any gains are more than wiped out by higher VAT and cuts to tax credits. And families with children where one parent works will be hardest hit...

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• April 8, 2013: Death of Margaret Thatcher

  

  Margaret Thatcher had conviction. She stuck to those convictions regardless of what other people thought and regardless of the impact of her government’s policies. But for many people, her government caused enormous damage. People in Merseyside were at the sharp end of her government's policies. The Conservative government which she...

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