Jenny Willott MP News Stories http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Jenny Willott MP en-GB Jenny Willott MP http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Jenny Willott MP 2008-08-20T18:06+01:00 United Kingdom WELSH FIRM WIND UPS AND BANKRUPTCIES HIGHER THAN REST OF UK http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000238/welsh_firm_wind_ups_and_bankruptcies_higher_than_rest_of_uk.html Commenting on today's release of Company Wind-Up and Bankruptcy Petition Statistics, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said: 2008-08-15T00:01+01:00 STAGGERING SURGE IN WELSH HOME REPOSESSIONS http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000237/staggering_surge_in_welsh_home_reposessions.html Commenting on today's release of mortgage and landlord possession statistics, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said: 2008-08-15T00:00+01:00 Complex benefit system even baffles those working in it - Willott http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000235/complex_benefit_system_even_baffles_those_working_in_it__willott.html The Department of Work and Pensions has had its accounts qualified by the National Audit Office for the 19th consecutive year with figures showing official error outweighing customer error and fraud. 2008-08-13T00:00+01:00 WELSH FIRMS CUTTING JOBS FASTER THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN UK http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000236/welsh_firms_cutting_jobs_faster_than_anywhere_else_in_uk.html As the Government released figures showing that inflation has hit 4.4%, the Royal Bank of Scotland's released the latest Purchasing Managers Index Report for Wales showing that Welsh businesses are shedding jobs faster than any other region. 2008-08-12T00:00+01:00 Over-complex benefits trap 700,000 pensioners in poverty http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000234/overcomplex_benefits_trap_700000_pensioners_in_poverty.html 700,000 pensioners are living in poverty because they are not getting the benefits they are entitled to, the Liberal Democrats have revealed. 2008-08-12T00:00+01:00 Tory proposals rehashing old announcements http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000232/tory_proposals_rehashing_old_announcements.html Commenting on the Conservative's Uniting Britain's Divided Cities programme, which was released today, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott MP, said: 2008-07-29T00:00+01:00 Home Office allowing private companies access to the DNA database http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000233/home_office_allowing_private_companies_access_to_the_dna_database.html The Home office has been allowing private companies access to the DNA database for commercial reasons, according to a Freedom of Information request by Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central. 2008-07-29T00:00+01:00 Welfare reform paper ignores children in poverty http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000231/welfare_reform_paper_ignores_children_in_poverty.html Commenting on today's Welfare Reform Green Paper, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said: 2008-07-21T00:00+01:00 Welsh Economy Shedding Jobs Faster than anywhere in the UK http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000230/welsh_economy_shedding_jobs_faster_than_anywhere_in_the_uk.html Commenting on the latest Royal Bank of Scotland's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) report for Wales that was released over the weekend, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, said: 2008-07-21T00:00+01:00 Violent Crime Surge in South Wales http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000229/violent_crime_surge_in_south_wales.html Commenting on figures today showing that violent offences against the person have risen by 12% over the last year in South Wales, the highest increase anywhere in the UK, Jenny Willott, Welsh Liberal Democrat MP for Cardiff Central, said: 2008-07-17T00:00+01:00 Labour failing on ethnic minority employment http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000227/labour_failing_on_ethnic_minority_employment.html Commenting on today's Public Accounts Committee report on increasing employment rates for ethnic minorities, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said: 2008-07-17T00:00+01:00 Jobs down and Jobseekers Up in Wales http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000228/jobs_down_and_jobseekers_up_in_wales.html Commenting on today's statistics released today by Office of National Statistics showing that unemployment in Wales rose by 6,000 over the last three months, Jenny Willott, Lib Dem Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, said: 2008-07-16T00:00+01:00 Government abandoning pensioners to shorter lives http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000226/government_abandoning_pensioners_to_shorter_lives.html Commenting on today's [Wednesday] report from the Institute for Fiscal Studies which reveals that the poorest older people are more than twice as likely to die at any given age than the richest, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary, Jenny Willott said: 2008-07-16T00:00+01:00 £14bn lost in tax credits http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000225/14bn_lost_in_tax_credits.html Almost £14bn has been lost though overpayments, fraud and error in tax credits since their introduction in 2003, analysis by the Liberal Democrats has revealed. 2008-07-14T00:00+01:00 Pensioner incomes fail to keep pace with cost of living http://www.jennywillott.org.uk/news/000224/pensioner_incomes_fail_to_keep_pace_with_cost_of_living.html Commenting on Office of National Statistics figures that reveal the increase in the cost of living outstripped pensioner income last year, Jenny Willott, Liberal Democrat Shadow Work and Pensions Secretary and MP for Cardiff Central, said: 2008-07-14T00:00+01:00