Plans for married couples to get tax breaks worth up to £200 a year have been announced by the Prime Minister.
David Cameron has said four million couples would benefit from a £1,000 transferable tax allowance from 2015.
Conservative controlled Tamworth Borough Council and Lichfield District Council’s Economic Development Shared Service has been presented a top award by the Federation of Small Businesses.
The two Staffordshire local authorities are celebrating after winning the ‘Best All-Round Small Business Friendliness’ award for their Economic Development Shared Service at the Federation of Small Businesses’ (FSB) Staffordshire and West Midlands Region Awards on Friday 20 September 2013.
Christopher Pincher, MP for Tamworth, welcomed the latest Office of National Statistics records which show a dramatic reduction in the number of crimes committed in Tamworth.
The number of burglaries is down by 23%, arson down 44%m sexual offences down 18%, whilst the number of vehicle thefts is down 35% in the 12 months from September 2012 to September 2013.
Tamworth’s MP, Christopher Pincher, this week is calling on local job seekers to visit his Jobs Fair which takes place on Saturday 12th October at South Staffordshire College campus in Croft Street.
The St John Ambulance “Save A Life September” campaign rolled into Tamworth this week with the support of local MP Christopher Pincher.
Conservative MEPs today called on the European Union to take an axe to “frivolous and unfocused” spending programmes after the bloc’s auditors levelled searing criticism at a costly scheme supposed to make forests better.
Budgetary-control spokesman Philip Bradbourn said: “This report lays bare the abandon with which the EU Commission hurl huge sums of taxpayers’ money at pet projects without ever properly considering what benefit will come in return.”
He spoke out after the Court of Auditors published a special report into a seven-year programme of EU support for private forests, which was supposed to improve their economic performance. It found that despite expenditure amounting to a massive €535 million (£451 million), the scheme produced no tangible results.
Auditors identified a series of shortcomings including poor monitoring of how the money was spent and failure to define the economic value of a forest in the first place.
The report was drawn up after an investigation of what happened to millions of Euros handed to the owners of private forests in Spain, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Slovenia.
Mr Bradbourn, Conservative MEP for the West Midlands said, “Quite why the Commission thought so much extra money was needed by landowners in the first place, I have no idea. What is clear is that this scheme was waved through without an ounce of real thought for how the money might be spent or just what it should achieve.
“This kind of frivolous and unfocused spending has to stop. Sadly, when it comes to sensible use of public money, the Commission too often cannot see the wood for the trees.”
Christopher Pincher MP attended Tamworth Battle of Britain Service at St Editha’s Church on Sunday, 15th September, to mark the 73rd Anniversary of the biggest air battle in our history.
Tamworth MP, Christopher Pincher, said, “We should be very proud of the service all our Armed Forces personnel give to our country. But each September we rightly remember the bravery and the sacrifice of a few young men who stood in the way of the imminent invasion of our country. The Battle of Britain was won by the RAF. Even though so many years have gone by we still honour them and their victory.”
Christopher Pincher MP supporting the Alzheimer’s Society at the House of Commons
Tamworth’s MP, Christopher Pincher, has pledged to take action to support the 800,000 people living with dementia across the UK.
Mr Pincher joined 200 other MPs and representatives from Alzheimer’s Society in Portcullis House, Westminster to help make their constituency dementia friendly so people with dementia can play a full role in their community.
Christopher Pincher said, “As one in three people over 65 will develop dementia, it is important that we raise awareness and help make Tamworth a dementia friendly community. Many people don’t know enough about Dementia and it is vital that we support organisations such as Alzheimer’s Society to improve diagnosis, and to ensure that those affected receive the reassurance and support they need.”
The latest crime figures for Tamworth for the last 12 months from 16/9/2012 to 16/9/2013 have been released and they show that crime has fallen in Tamworth under continued Conservative Party rule.
Burglary Dwellings Down by 21.9%
Business Robbery Down by 25%
Arson Down by 44.2%
Fraud Down by 75.9%
More Serious Violence with Injury Down by 2.1%
Other Sexual Offences Down by 17.6%
Other Theft Down by 6.3%
Personal Robbery Down by 17.9%
Theft from Motor Vehicles Down by 31.7%
Theft of Motor Vehicles Down by 34.5%
The fall in crime across Tamworth is testament to the continued hard work of Staffordshire Police, Neighbourhood Watch, Conservative controlled Staffordshire County Council, Conservative controlled Tamworth Borough Council and Staffordshire’s new Police and Crime Commissioner, Conservative Matthew Ellis.
Conservative Member of Parliamentary for Tamworth
Christopher Pincher was first elected MP for Tamworth in May 2010 with a majority of 6,090. Christopher was re-elected in 2015 with an increased majority of 11,302.
Born and bred in Staffordshire, and a Midlander through and through, Christopher is committed to representing Tamworth residents.
Christopher believes strongly in the power of local communities where people look after one another, support their local schools and hospitals and post offices, respect common traditions and stand together against the threat of crime and anti-social behaviour.
After becoming MP in 2010, Christopher worked conscientiously to get Britain back on track. Along with advocating issues relevant to Tamworth, Christopher specialized in national issues, including: energy, climate change, and defence. He was appointed to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee and also served on the Armed Forces Bill Committee.
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