Mark Hunter met with local resident Joe Watson at a Houses of Parliament event on 11 March to discuss type 1 diabetes, and the impact that this serious and complex condition has on Joe's day to day life.
1) A TUC survey showed that people think around 41% of benefits go to the unemployed, the real figure is 2.6%. (1)
We no longer discuss whether Iain Duncan Smith's reforms will succeed or fail. We no longer need thinktanks and charities to produce reports on what might happen if you attempt to reform every strand of the social security system at once, without taking any advice at all from people who actually live with illnesses or disabilities, and at a time when money is short and compassion shorter.
Local Liberal Democrats are calling on Transport for London and the Mayor Boris Johnson to improve access at Kilburn station and to speed-up the work to replace the lift at the station.
Tomorrow I shall be fasting as part of the End Hunger Fast Relay. I pick up the baton from the Bishop of Salisbury tonight and pass it on to a Quaker leader on Sunday as we take part in an act of community solidarity with the thousands of British people who go hungry each day because they cannot afford to buy food.
Lib Dem Candidate Chosen March 5, 2014 6:11 AM Dukes Ward Candidate Teresa Smith
