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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