From next April, the Conservatives will increase the personal allowance for pensioners in line with the Triple Lock by introducing a new age-related allowance—a tax cut of around £100 for 8 million pensioners.
Conservative councillors in Bitton and Oldland Common are this week urging South Gloucestershire Council to ditch its “damaging” plans to build on the Green Belt.
Cllrs Paul Hughes and Erica Williams say that proposals to build houses on large swathes of greenfield land in the area should be perman