The Coalition published on Wednesday a long-term strategy that will strengthen the UK's position in the offshore wind industry. The multi-million pound investment has the potential to unlock £7 billion in the economy by 2020.
Lib Dem Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg was in Salford this week and announced and extra £50 million for the Youth Contract - a scheme which helps employers to take on young people.
The government has announced an extra £35 million for Council to help with changes in housing benefit. In April the Council changed housing benefit so that they no longer subsidised people with what was thought to be extra bedrooms - the so called bedroom tax. At the time the governemnt pledged £150 million over 2 years to allow Councils to help in individual cases. They have now announced an extra £35 million to help with this.
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Winning a council seat in Merseyside off Labour would be a significant achievement. Winning two on the same day would be virtually unheard of.
In March 2013, BIS-commissioned research from Bristol University into the impact of introducing a cap on the total cost of high cost credit, including payday loans, was published. The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) also issued the findings of their review of payday lenders' compliance with the law and with OFT guidance.
