Emily Thornberry MP today welcomed the Pre-Budget Report unveiled by Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.
"Today's Pre-Budget Report is good news for our pensioners and young people. Gordon Brown's announcement free installation of central heating for pensioners on pension credit and £300 discount for all other pensioners will help tackle fuel poverty in Islington. In addition, confirmation that the Winter Fuel Allowance, worth £200 for pensioner households with someone over 60, and £300 for over 80s, for the rest of this Parliament, is great news for our 9,800 pensioners.'
‘Since 1997, the Labour Government has increased the subsidy to local Councils by 39%, although I am sure that Islington Liberal Democrat Council will continue to complain.'
‘With Labour, we have low inflation, low interest rates and employment is at record highs with unemployment having fallen by 47.8% since 1997 here in Islington South and Finsbury'
