On 6th June, the House of Lords backed Conservative Party proposals to introduce a ‘Lifeboat Fund’ for pensions, putting the pressure firmly on Gordon Brown to act on pensions when he succeeds Ton

The proposed transfer of the Stafford Crown Post Office to WH Smith will make it less accessible to those who have difficulty in walking far.

On 3rd May the people of Stafford and South Staffordshire again voted in Conservative administrations to serve until 2011.

A founding director of Ottakar’s bookshop chain, Philip Dunne, was the guest speaker at a business lunch on Friday March 2nd at the Swan Hotel in Stafford.

Haughton Village Hall was packed for a meeting to discuss what action to take to save post offices in Haughton and other villages in Stafford Borough.

A coffee morning held by Stafford Conservatives raised more than £150 for the Fair Trade Foundation, which works to promote fair trade with developing countries.

Staffordshire schools will receive £3,590 per pupil from central Government in 2007-8 compared with £3,830 for the West Midlands as a whole and £3,903 for the City of Stoke-on-Trent.

An article published online by the ‘Lancet’ (26th January 2007) concludes that living close to a motorway may have adverse effects on children’s lung development which could result in unhealthy lung function in later life.

Staffordshire Ambulance Service has today (22 January) announced that - subject to the final approval of the Board - some of the drugs withdrawn from Community First Responders (CFR's) will be restored.

Volunteering is not counted in a country's GDP. But it makes a great contribution to its sense of well-being.

Stafford Cycle Route volunteers work hard to improve our cycle paths in co-operation with the Council.