Cllr Phil Harris Hough Green Ward Halton Borough Council
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Heat or Eat ? June, 2011.
The June 8th report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has once again highlighted the important issue of fuel poverty, particularly among the older generation.
The report highlights that the poorest pensioner households cut their food spending during very cold spells of weather in order to cover the cost of heating.
It is wrong that anyone should ever have to choose between staying warm or eating. The Government must look again at the support provided to vulnerable customers who experience fuel poverty.
The news comes a day after Scottish Power announced it was to increase the cost of gas by 19% and the cost of electricity by 10% from 1 August. This will affect 2.4 million households.
For a recent news report on the IFS report
Picture courtesy of Guardian newspaper.
Care Homes Scandal highlights dangers of NHS proposals.
The recent scandals of the abuse at the Winterbourne care home and the financial crisis facing the care home company Southern Cross only goes to show the why the private sector can't be trusted with social care, without proper safegaurds.
David Cameron's Conservative- run government believes the private sector should be let loose on public services like the NHS. The recent care homes scandal highlights the dangers of trusting greedy unethical companies in the city or abroad with our healthcare system and many other public services.
For a recent news report
Police continue protests against Tory-led Government.
Officers from more than 40 forces put their case against the government's cost-cutting and wider changes, at a meeting in parliament on Monday 23rd May.
The Police Federation, which represents the rank and file, has announced a national "day of action" in July aimed at derailing the current policies.
Labour's Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has pledged support for an Independent Review of Policing now, in contrast to the Government's refusal to establish a Royal Commission on policing - a key request of the Police Federation.
For Yvette Cooper's recent speech to the Police Federation conference
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