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Bury receives 30pc less cash per person

1:42pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

I WAS astounded to read Cllr Holt’s letter which talked about how well Bury Council had fared financially under this Labour government.

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Tories quiet over debt plans

8:55pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

IN a leaflet I received recently, Michelle Wiseman, Prospective Conservative MP for Bury South, says that Britain faces a debt crisis brought about through Labour’s mis-management of the economy.

Car parking charges will drive shoppers out of town

8:56pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

Lib Dem councillor Baum complains about the new car park charges on Fairfax Road (Guide letters, March 11) but what did he actually do about them? Nothing is the answer.

The time has come to transfer power

8:57pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

I would like to thank the many local residents who have participated in my local programme for change consultation.

All steamed up over hot water ban

8:57pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

Conservative controlled Bury Council is offering cash incentives to their self-managed sports facilities to remove hot water from the sinks in its toilets because they say it is a health risk.

Broken Britain will take years to repair

8:58pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

So, Lib Dem Councillor Steve Wright was at Prestwich LAP (area board) but not spotted!

Plea fell on deaf ears

8:59pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

Despite my plea to have them abolished, Ivan Lewis informed me that parking charges at NHS hospitals would remain.

Just who is paying?

8:59pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

WE learn that the Tories’ chief benefactor Lord Ashcroft continues to be a “non- dom” for tax purposes.

Accident cat

1:52pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

To the person who ran over my cat on the drive of Chesham Primary School on Monday, March 16 at around 3.20pm.

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WE learn that the Tories’ chief benefactor Lord Ashcroft continues to be a “non dom” for tax purposes. I think we should be told whether the noble Lord is digging deep to bankroll the Tory campaigns in Bury North and Bury South.