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Welcome to the website of West Midlands Liberal Democrats, covering the five counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and the metropolitan county of the West Midlands. "The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity" Preamble to the Liberal Democrat Constitution -----------------------------------------
West Midlands Regional Chair, Jonathan Webber, warmly received today's budget as fulfilment of Liberal Democrat manifesto pledges. He said, 'Liberal Democrats are the only progressive party committed to strengthening our economy while at the same time pursuing a fair and just society. Liberal Democrat policy has taken 220,000 West Midlands people out of income tax altogether while 2 million will receive a £700 tax cut than compared to 2010'. Budget figures March 2013 for the West MidlandsStronger Economy: National Insurance: £2,000 Employment Allowance • 70,000 businesses will benefit, with 35,000 of these taken out of employer NICs altogether.
Pubs benefiting from the beer duty cut • 4,972
Fairer Society:Income Tax changes • People lifted out of Income Tax from April 2014: 220,000 • People getting a £700 tax cut compared to 2010: 2.0m
Tax Free Childcare • Approximate number of eligible families: 224,948
Fuel duty • Number of vehicles benefiting from fuel duty freeze: 3.5m
• Typical motorist will save at least £7 per tank compared to Labour's plans
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Please note that the Spring Regional congress has been POSTPONED. Further details to follow.----------------------------------------- For all media inquiries contact Ben Jephcott via Media@wmlibdems.org. ----------------------------------------- West Midlands Lib Dems now have live policy pages for party members to input into regional policy development, with an aim to feed into national and federal party policy at conferences. Please visit the page at: http://westmidslibdemspolicy.blogspot.co.uk/ For further information, contact our Regional Policy Chair, Cllr Jon Hunt, by emailing: policy@wmlibdems.org
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