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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.

We're building a freer, greener and more liberal country - and stopping some of the worst excesses of the Conservatives. Find out more in this infographic.

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."

Senior Liberal Democrat Councillor Tony Williams whom has been at the forefront of the campaign to return the former Pear Tree pub site back into a useful community resource, is pleased to report that the application for 3 retail units on the site in question was approved by Cannock Chase Council's Planning Committee on Wednesday 3rd, December, with the main unit being used for a CO-OP store.

Brereton and Raven Hill parish Councillor Tim Jones, recently announced that a long forgotten allotment plot has been returned to its former glory, thanks to the sheer determination and relentless hard work by himself and his parish council colleagues.

Liberal Democrat controlled Brereton and Ravenhill Parish council have taken over formerly derelict and unused allotment land in Newman Grove, Ravenhill. Lib Dem parish councillors led by district councillors Ray and Mary Easton and Gerald Molineux cleared the land and many years growth of weeds, rubbish and even trees and rotovated it. Parish Councillor Tim Jones dealt with the transfer of the land and the tenancy agreements, saving local council-tax payers from having to pay legal fees. Within a fortnight of plots becoming available, 13 of the 14 plots have already been let, all to residents of Newman Grove, and tenants have already started work on their plots.

Ed Miliband used his first speech as the new leader of the Labour party at their conference in Manchester this week, to finally admit that the war in Iraq was not only illegal but fundamentally wrong on every level. This attempt to cleanse the heart and sole of the Labour party and remove as many skeletons from their cupboards as possible, may be why former Cabinet Minister Hazel Blears decided to come clean and tell the truth about the "wicked and malicious" manner in which the Labour party sometimes conducts its business. (To read this item in full click on title.)