The UK Government-owned British Business Bank has issued its 75,000th loan through its Start Up Loans programme, marking more than £623 million invested in small businesses across the UK since its launch in 2012.
Yesterday, Cllr Alex Rafiq, our Conservative Councillor for Paston and Walton, put forward his first motion at Full Council asking for the Council Leader to write to the Chancellor and push for an urgent review on the Winter Fuel Allowance being means tested, given that over 25,000 pensioners in Pet