An eight month campaign to save Hinckley's Ambulance Station has ended successfully. A meeting of the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) Board this morning agreed to back plans to have 28 Hubs and Ambulance Stations in the East Midlands including an Ambulance Station in Hinckley. This follows an eight month campaign to save the Ambulance Station, since last July, when EMAS first proposed to close it.
Councillors back shop keeper in parking call
People living and working in the rural part of Hinckley & Bosworth Borough will move a step closer to having a super-fast broadband internet service after the Borough Council decided to increase its spending on the scheme by 50 per cent. The council will boost its contribution to the County Council-run Broadband Leicestershire project to £60,000 after deciding to earmark a £15,000 underspend on this year's Parish and Community Initiative Fund, added to a further £5,000 from next year's fund.
The Budget announcement that the Income Tax Personal Allowance will be raised to £10,000 in April 2014 - one year sooner than had been expected has been welcomed locally. This means 48,300 ordinary working people in Hinckley and Bosworth will get a further Income Tax cut, bringing the total Income tax cut to £700 a year since Liberal Democrats joined the Coalition Government.
The announcement yesterday by the Chancellor in the budget statement of the scrapping of the unfair beer duty escalator and a 1p reduction in beer duty has been welcomed locally.
Families in Hinckley and Bosworth are to get greater financial support for childcare thanks to a major new initiative.
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