Working families across Lewisham can look forward to having more money in their pockets – thanks to a range of new Government measures coming into effect this week.
Lewisham East Chair Helena Croft has hailed the UK’s public finances as reaching a ‘turning point’ following the Chancellor’s Spring Statement, with the independent economic outlook showing a ‘solid foundation on which to build Britain’s economic future’.
More than 240,000 people have been able to achieve their dream of ownership thanks to stamp duty reforms announced by this Government, according to new figures released this week.
London Employment reaches a record high as wages rise at their fastest pace in a decade
Figures released today show wages have risen at their fastest pace in 10 years as employment reaches a record high, with more than 32.5 million people currently in work.
Antisemitism continues to thrive in the Labour Party in south east London. Earlier this week, the comrades in Lewisham Deptford stepped up their hard-line campaign against other London branches adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of anti-Semitism.
In the year since the modern Industrial Strategy was launched, £45 billion has been committed to support local infrastructure, research and development and businesses to back high-skilled jobs in communities across the country.
