Cllr Michael Mullaney has today agreed to become an 'Arthritis Champion', supporting Arthritis Research UK in their efforts to find a cure for arthritis while calling for policy change to prevent its onset and transform the lives of people that have musculoskeletal conditions.
Campaigners have persuaded Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council to back a campaign to re-open a local railway station.
Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor Michael Mullaney has today welcomed the news that the independent body which advises the Government on the National Minimum Wage is to recommend that it be increased by 3%.
Local Lib Dems have welcomed the news that scrap metal thefts have fallen by a third in the past year - combatting unscrupulous thieves targeting churches, desecrating war memorials and causing disruption by stealing electric cables and metal from railway lines.
Liberal Democrats on Leicestershire County Council have voted against a Tory budget that included cuts of £32m and a Council Tax rise of 1.99%.
Bosworth's Conservative MP David Tredinnick has been slammed for an interview he carried out for the Astrological Journal in which he repeated his beliefs in using astrology in the NHS, attacked the BBC for being biased against astrology and accused opponents of using astrology in healthcare of "superstition, ignorance and prejudice." Mr Tredinnick's Lib Dem opponent Hinckley Cllr Michael Mullaney said "Will Mr Tredinnick ever stop? With all his talk about astrology he is letting local people down by denying them a voice in Parliament on the big issues. We need an MP who will speak up on the importance of employment, decent wages, pensions, improving the education system, transport issues, saving green spaces. "What we don't need is an MP who is making our area a laughing stock with his utterly ridiculous obsession with astrology" Mr Tredinnick did an interview with the January/February edition of the Astrological Journal, the following is an extract from the interview with Mr Tredinnick "I have a str
The UK needs to strengthen both our Armed Forces and our soft power.
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day.
The UK must once again stand tall, leading on the world stage and working closely with those who share our interests – including, above all, our partners in Europe.
