Local news 2002
31,000 Older
People With Empty Christmas Stockings
30th December 2002
31,000 Older
People With Empty Christmas Stockings 31,000 older
people will not receive Winter Fuel Payments this
y...
Government Ducks
Tough Choices on Pensions
17th December 2002
Government Ducks
Tough Choices on Pensions Commenting on the
publication of the Government’s Pensions Green
Paper t...
Steve Webb
"Addresses the Nation!"
9th December 2002
Steve Webb
"Addresses the Nation!" Local MP Steve Webb
will this week use a specially produced broadcast on
Channel 4...
More Questions
Than Answers
5th December 2002
More Questions
Than Answers There are too many examples of Ministers
failing to provide proper replies to...
Government Figures
Reveal Benefit Fraud Increase
28th November 2002
Government
Figures Reveal Benefit Fraud Increase Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Secretary,...
Chancellor Proves
He Is Not Serious About Solving Pension
Crisis
27th November 2002
Chancellor Proves
He Is Not Serious About Solving Pension Crisis Steve
Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pen...
Government's
Stakeholder Strategy has Failed
22nd November 2002
Government's
Stakeholder Strategy has Failed Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,
com...
Liberal Democrats
Launch "Priorities for Pensions"
Paper
21st November 2002
Liberal Democrats
Launch "Priorities for Pensions" Paper
Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and
Pensions Se...
Government
Planning for Failure on Pensioner
Poverty
20th November 2002
Government
Planning for Failure on Pensioner Poverty Commenting
on today’s National Audit Office report on
tackling...
Pension to Rise by
75p in Next Fifty Years
18th November 2002
Pension to Rise
by 75p in Next Fifty Years Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary, today
r...
Government
Misleads Parliament Over Benefit Removal From
Vulnerable
11th November 2002
Government
Misleads Parliament Over Benefit Removal From
Vulnerable The Government has misled Parliament over
the wi...
Working Mothers To
Get 20% Less From CSA
21st October 2002
Working Mothers To
Get 20% Less From CSA Ministers Exposed in Child
Support Agency Cuts Cover-Up Steve Webb MP, Li...
Pensions Overhaul
Must Not Be Back Door Tax Raising
20th October 2002
Pensions Overhaul
Must Not Be Back Door Tax Raising Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work & Pensions...
Government Is
Completing The Thatcherite Agenda
17th October 2002
Government Is
Completing The Thatcherite Agenda Commenting on
today’s Government proposals to deduct housing
benefit...
Government Can No
Longer Cross Fingers Over Pensions
10th October 2002
Government Can No
Longer Cross Fingers Over Pensions Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions..
Flexibility Key To
Any New Pension System
7th October 2002
Flexibility Key To
Any New Pension System Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Work and Pensions Secretary, commenting on
t...
£13 Billion
To Correct Tory Pension Blunder
4th October 2002
£13 Billion
To Correct Tory Pension Blunder Plans to cut SERPS
pensions for widows and widowers will finally begin
to t...
Abolishing Pension
Tax Free Lump Sum Would Be Certifiably
Stupid
25th September 2002
Abolishing
Pension Tax Free Lump Sum Would Be Certifiably Stupid
Steve Webb MP, Shadow Work and Pensions
Secretary,...
Fixed Retirement
Age Old Fashioned
20th September 2002
Fixed Retirement
Age Old Fashioned Commenting on the report released
by the Pensions Policy Institute which...
Life Expectancy
Lower Under Labour
18th September 2002
Life Expectancy
Lower Under Labour Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, revealing
fig...
Government Poverty
Figures Hide The Reality
18th September 2002
Government
Poverty Figures Hide The Reality Commenting on the
Government’s annual poverty figures, which
claim to ha...
Thousands Of
Wronged Women Pensioners Are Not
Lying
17th September 2002
Thousands Of
Wronged Women Pensioners Are Not Lying Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions...
No Evidence That
Benefit Sanctions Work
16th September 2002
No Evidence That
Benefit Sanctions Work Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,...
Employees Need
Greater Protection From Pension Scheme
Closures
9th September 2002
Employees Need
Greater Protection From Pension Scheme Closures Steve
Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and...
Government Claims
On Benefit Fraud Are The Biggest Fraud Of
All
5th September 2002
Government Claims
On Benefit Fraud Are The Biggest Fraud Of All Steve
Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions
Sec...
£8 Billion
Women's Pension Rip Off
3rd September 2002
£8 Billion
Women's Pension Rip Off Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,
today...
Local MP
"Commended" In Awards For Engaging With
Constituents
26th August 2002
Local MP
"Commended" In Awards For Engaging With
Constituents Northavon MP Steve Webb has received a
commendation for h..
Public Support For
Fight Against Poverty Requires Clear
Communication
26th August 2002
Public Support For
Fight Against Poverty Requires Clear Communication
Commenting on the Social Market
Foundation’s...
£2 Billion
Blackhole Proves that Child Support Agency Should be
Scrapped
6th August 2002
£2 Billion
Blackhole Proves that Child Support Agency Should be
Scrapped Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work
and...
CSR Target Reveals
Over 1 Million Pensioner Households to Miss
Out
16th July 2002
CSR Target Reveals
Over 1 Million Pensioner Households to Miss Out Steve
Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and...
Pension Credit
Amounts to Mass Means-Testing
15th July 2002
Pension Credit
Amounts to Mass Means-Testing Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,...
Response to
Pickering Report
11th July 2002
Pickering Report:
Urgent Action Needed to Stop
"Haemmorhaging" of Money from Company
Pension Schemes The Liberal...
Government
Incompetent in Assuming Reliability of
Figures
2nd July 2002
Government Incompetent
in Assuming Reliability of Figures Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work & Pensions...
Delays to Housing
Benefit Totally Unacceptable
1st July 2002
Delays to Housing
Benefit Totally Unacceptable Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work & Pensions Secretary, today
rel..
Female Divorcees
Facing Poverty in Retirement
29th June 2002
Female Divorcees
Facing Poverty in Retirement Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary today
re...
Steve Webb Tells
Euro MPs About "Lessons" of Foot and Mouth
Crisis
24th June 2002
Steve Webb Tells Euro
MPs About "Lessons" of Foot and Mouth
Crisis Northavon MP Steve Webb has told a group of
visiting M...
Leading MP Visits
Local Business Leaders
17th June 2002
Leading MP Visits
Local Business Leaders Leaders of the South
Gloucestershire business community joined local
political l...
Steve Webb to give
evidence to visiting Euro Parliament Foot & Mouth
Inquiry Team
17th June 2002
Steve Webb to give
evidence to visiting Euro Parliament Foot & Mouth
Inquiry Team Northavon MP Steve Webb will this...
Steve Webb Exposes
Government Pension
"Myths"
9th May 2002
Steve Webb Exposes
Government Pension "Myths" Delivering a
keynote address to over 500 delegates at the annual
conference o...
Liberal Democrats
Demand Pensions Justice for Women
8th May 2002
Liberal Democrats
Demand Pensions Justice for Women Today, Liberal
Democrat Leader Charles Kennedy MP, Shadow Work
and...
Prime Minister
Challenged In Commons Over Local Widow's
Pension
24th April 2002
Prime Minister
Challenged In Commons Over Local Widow's Pension
The Prime Minister was today (Wednesday 24th)...
MP Condemns Lack
of Consultation over GM Crop
Trials
16th April 2002
MP Condemns Lack of
Consultation over GM Crop Trials Northavon MP Steve
Webb has condemned the Government’s failure to
c...
MP Attacks
"Disgraceful" Government Decision Over
Bradley Stoke Secondary School
26th February 2002
MP Attacks
"Disgraceful" Government Decision Over
Bradley Stoke Secondary School Northavon MP Steve
Webb has today (T...
Teenagers Get Up
at 5am - To Talk About Politics!
6th February 2002
Teenagers Get Up
at 5am - To Talk About Politics! Teenagers from five
South Gloucestershire secondary schools have
put...
No Ghettos For
Lone Parents
18th April 2002
No Ghettos For Lone
Parents Liberal Democrats will today warn the
Government that they will oppose any attempt
to...
Budget Condemns
Pensioners to Means-Testing
17th April 2002
Budget Condemns
Pensioners to Means-Testing Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,...
Poverty Figures:
Government Missing Target
11th April 2002
Poverty Figures:
Government Missing Target Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,...
Pension Credit
"Eye-Wateringly
Complicated"
25th March 2002
Pension Credit
"Eye-Wateringly Complicated" Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,
today jo...
All-Party
Opposition to Pension Credit
21st March 2002
All-Party Opposition
to Pension Credit Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat
Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, today joins
i...
Computer Hitch
Delays Reform of Child Support
Payments
20th March 2002
Computer Hitch
Delays Reform of Child Support Payments Professor
Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work
and...
Impending CSA
Reform Chaos
19th March 2002
Impending CSA Reform
Chaos Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow
Secretary for Work and Pensions, commenting on the
imp...
Government Creates
Pension Confusion for 1 Million
People
18th March 2002
Government Creates
Pension Confusion for 1 Million People Steve Webb MP,
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Work and...
More Government
Failure on Private Pensions
13th March 2002
More Government
Failure on Private Pensions Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary,...
Steve Webb Becomes
Britain's First "Text-able"
MP
18th March 2002
Steve Webb Becomes
Britain's First "Text-able" MP
Northavon MP Steve Webb has become the first MP in
the country whose c...
Concession On
Pension Cuts In Hospital - "A Miserly Concession
From A Miserly Government"
25th February 2002
Concession On
Pension Cuts In Hospital - "A Miserly Concession
From A Miserly Government" Steve Webb MP,
Liberal...
Government Sits On
£2.5 Billion Windfall
25th February 2002
Government Sits
On £2.5 Billion Windfall Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, today
re...
Government Fails On
Benefit Fraud
22nd February 2002
Government Fails
On Benefit Fraud New figures published today by the
Department of Work and Pensions cast doubt on
Go...
Sick Pensioners
Stripped Of £175 Million A
Year
15th February 2002
Sick Pensioners
Stripped Of £175 Million A Year Professor Steve
Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions
Se...
IFS Study on
Increased Life Expectancy
8th February 2002
IFS Study on
Increased Life Expectancy Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Secretary for Work and
Pensions,...
Hard-Working
Families Face Tax Blow
7th February 2002
Hard-Working
Families Face Tax Blow Steve Webb MP, Liberal
Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, will
today mak...
Widowers Deserve
Fair Deal
4th February 2002
Widowers Deserve
Fair Deal Steve Webb MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow
Secretary for Work and Pensions, will today table
a...
MP feeds in to
South Glos. Home Care Review
5th February 2002
MP feeds in to
South Glos. Home Care Review Following the serious
difficulties which arose last Autumn in home care
se...
MP alarmed over
Government "backtracking" over school
funding
4th February 2002
MP alarmed over
Government "backtracking" over school
funding Northavon MP Steve Webb has expressed his
alarm over a r...
MP Tackles Treasury
Minister over Vehicle Seizures by
Customs
31st January 2002
MP tackles
Treasury Minister over Vehicle Seizures by Customs
Northavon MP Steve Webb has today joined a delegation
of...
Local MP selected
by Speaker to serve on new Parliamentary
Committee
30th January 2002
Local MP selected
by Speaker to serve on new Parliamentary Committee
Northavon MP Steve Webb has been appointed by
the...
MP challenges Prime
Minister over "pocket money" indignity for
pensioners
24th January 2002
MP challenges
Prime Minister over "pocket money"
indignity for pensioners Northavon MP Steve Webb
yesterday...
MP
"dismayed" by Government lack of urgency
over Council funding reform
22nd January 2002
MP
"dismayed" by Government lack of urgency
over Council funding reform Northavon MP Steve Webb
has expressed his...
MP to lead debate
on "grossly underfunded"
Council
17th January 2002
MP to lead debate
on "grossly underfunded" Council Northavon
MP Steve Webb will next week lead a debate at...
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