Haltemprice and Howden

There will be a by-election for the Parliamentary seat of Bradford West on Thursday 29th of March. On Saturday 24th of March Alan Williams and Alan Luckraft, Chair & Treasurer of H & H respectively spent the day helping the Lib Dem candidate Regional Chair Cllr Jeanette Sunderland, in her campaign. The weather was perfect and the tabloids fairly flew off the shelves as deliverers from all over the country pitched in to make sure the voters of Badford West knew who to vote for on the day.

Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

• The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
• A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
• 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
• Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
• Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

Fairer taxes, promoting green jobs, protecting your civil liberties - these are just some of the achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government.

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"It is is tough but we are doing much better in Parliament than the national press would lead you to believe. We have made life better for struggling familes by being well on the way to taking a million low earners out of income tax altogether and by introducing the Pupil Premium, something the Conservatives on their own would never have done. We have also put a hold on Trident replacement. Ed Davey as the new Minister for the Environment and Climate Change will show everyone just how much ministerial talent there is in the Party by pushing the Green agenda forward with great energy," said Lord Wallace at the Haltemprice and Howden Liberal Democrats Annual Dinner held at the Lazaat in Cottingham on Friday 10th of February.

Haltemprice & Howden Liberal Democrats will be welcoming their supporters to the Annual Dinner In February 2012.A Government Whip, Lord Wallace of Saltaire will be the guest speaker. A chorister who sang at the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, William is an emeritus professor at the London School of Economics as well as a joint deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Peers. A plot holder of the Saltaire Canalside Allotment Society, William is also keen on walking and pub lunches in the Yorkshire Dales.

President of Haltemprice & Howden Lib Dems Diana Wallis MEP will be the guest speaker for this year's Beverley & Holderness Liberal Democrats Annual Dinner, which will be held on Saturday October 22nd at the Lairgate Hote in Beverley. Guests are invited to arrive at 7.00 pm for a 7.30 pm start for what promises to be a memorable evening. The hotel has an excellent reputation for its cuisine and the Beverley & Holderness Annual Dinner always provides a great social occasion. Tickets at £25.00 a plate can be obtained from Malcolm Lynn at 01482 899692.

On Thursday the 6th of October Diana Wallis MEP, President of Haltemprice & Howden Liberal Democrats welcomed local Lib Dems and University staff to a reception at her new office on Hull University's campus at Unit 10 Newlands, Newlands Science Park, Ingelmire Lane, Hull, HU6 7QT. Refreshments, including wine and very nice nibbles, delighted the mixed group of professors, councillors and activists. In a short speech Diana made it clear that her new office was to be a centre for advice and help to the people of Yorkshire and the Humber. She expressed her deep thanks to her staff, especially Stewart Arnold and Angela Hunter, for the work they had done in setting up the new office as well as taking care of the administration of the casework she had to do.

In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat Conference, Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined his goals for the Government and the country over the coming years. He reiterated his commitment to liberal values on the environment and human rights and his determination to ensure a fair chance for every child, saying "every child can do good things, great things, if only we give them the opportunities they deserve."

Nick Clegg received a very warm welcome from local activists of the Yorkshire and the Humber Region, as he arrived to answer any questions they wanted to ask him. Jeanette Sunderland, the regional chair opened the meeting with a review of the past year and urged everyone to prepare for very tough campaigning over the coming months.