Councillor Joan Lambert's Personal Blog

Welcome to my blog.†

My name is Joan Lambert, Teignbridge District Councillor and Kingsteignton Town Councillor. I am the Member for Kingsteignton West Ward in South Devon, which comprises the Parishes of Kingsteignton West and Teigngrace.

My committee membership within the District Council includes the Overview & Scrutiny and Development Control Committees and the Health and Safety Forum.

My responsibilities within the Parish Council include Works & Services/Planning and Finance. I have been School Governor of Rydon Primary School, Kingsteignton, since 1990.

The purpose of this site is to try and keep you informed about my role and provide you with information about developments in Teignbridge District Council and our local Ward Kingsteignton West.

I will clarify my responsibilities in future blogs...

Thursday, 9 October 2008

Now we all pay for bail out

Oh dear those poor politicians in the cabinet, having to work all night and pay out our hard earned money, to save the banker's and deposit holder's, but hang on a minute what about the local councils, who were advised by the Treasury to put their money in to the banks which have hit rock bottom.
The tune we are playing to is some £500 or is 700 billion, that all depends which programme you happen to be watching, that amounts to the tax payer, £16 k each year, how on earth are the pensioners and families going to pay, the extra tax that will come out in future budgets

I would like to draw you attention to the fact that pension savings have been hijacked by this government, a note from the Devon Pensioner Digest In communications with the National Pensioners Convention, Three senior ministers, Secretary of State ,Pensions Minister and the former Paymaster General all three have said that the funds huge surplus is being used to finance expenditure that is totally unrelated to the purposes for which the fund was created.
As a result, over 11million pensioners are getting a pension £40.90 per week, and do you know what there is ,£46 billion in the pension pot.
I ask you put this into perspective, what other funds have been hived off, and into what pot has this money gone.

I have just been reading a letter in The Western Morning News, saying how wonderful this government is, is it me, but who is responsible for what I have just said, or do I live on a different planet.

Other points that one should be aware of , if you require help in the home, like getting up,or going to bed,even having a wash, how much an hour will you be charged - cost £9.50 per hour, and for small jobs around the home like DIY-type jobs, these small jobs will cost just £14 per hour or if on benefit £8.

There are a lot more thing that I am going to research, and will be keeping you up to date with

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