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Labour candidate responds to ‘scandalous’ news that the government has taken £420 million from miners’ pensions over the last three years

Councillor Amanda Hack, the Labour parliamentary candidate for North West Leicestershire, has responded to new information that the government has profited £420 million from the miners’ pension scheme over three years, calling it ‘scandalous’ and ‘shameful’. Tens of thousands of miners who invested in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) have…

Labour candidates call for urgent action to tackle ‘shocking’ violence against shopworkers and rising retail crime

Leicestershire Labour and Co-operative candidates Councillor Amanda Hack and Rory Palmer are calling for crucial changes to the law to tackle ‘shocking’ violence against shopworkers and rising retail crime. Cllr Hack, parliamentary candidate in North West Leicestershire and Rory Palmer, Police and Crime Commissioner candidate in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland…

A flat budget from a failing government

There can be no growth without investment and reform and the budget fails on both. Labour’s leader in Leicestershire and parliamentary candidate for North West Leicestershire, Cllr Amanda Hack, has responded to the Chancellor’s budget statement: “Given the state of Britain today, people in North West Leicestershire, like me, will…

The state of our rivers in North West Leicestershire

Labour’s parliamentary candidate in North West Leicestershire, Cllr Amanda Hack, has expressed concerns over a new report, which finds that none of the rivers and brooks in the constituency are in good health. The latest ‘State of our Rivers’ report published last week by the Rivers Trust, a conservation charity, reveals…

Rail passengers are not going far anytime soon

Uncertainty over Ivanhoe Line funding continues Labour’s leader in Leicestershire, Cllr Amanda Hack, has responded to the government’s latest transport announcement: “Last October, the government unveiled its ‘new’ Local Transport Fund with a flurry of ministerial announcements and press releases. We were told that nearly £10 billion had been allocated…

NW Leics Labour parliamentary candidate calls for justice for retired miners in billion-pound pension scandal

Amanda Hack, the Labour parliamentary candidate for North West Leicestershire, is calling for justice for miners affected by a billion-pound pension scandal. Thousands of miners who invested in the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme (MPS) have been short-changed for nearly three decades while the government continues to profit from the arrangement. The…

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