http://www.vincentcable.com/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Vince Cable - MP for Twickenham and Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer en-GB Vince Cable - MP for Twickenham and Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer http://www.vincentcable.com/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Vince Cable - MP for Twickenham and Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 2010-03-10T19:24+00:00 United Kingdom http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001674/brown_is_leading_with_a_weak_hand.html "The Budget must clearly spell out where Labour intend to make spending cuts in order to tackle the budget deficit. All we have seen from the Prime Minister today is more waffle" said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor today. 2010-03-10T11:58+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001673/export_figures_are_deeply_alarming.html "It is wrong to suggest that the British economy can escape from this recession by just relying on exports. It just isn't happening' said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor 2010-03-09T12:42+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001672/olympics_star_joins_park_charges_protest.html British Olympic star and medal hope, distance runner, Jo Pavey has joined the protest against parking charges in Bushy and Richmond Parks. She says her preparations require use of the parks on a daily basis (by car to the parks and running when there); parking charges will make the regular training run an expensive preparation. 2010-03-08T14:54+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001671/chaos_complaints_over_freedom_passes.html Local pensioners applying through Post Offices for a new Freedom Pass have hit all kind of administrative hurdles and delays caused by the inability of London Councils - the joint body administering the scheme - to handle the volume of applications. There are reports of pensioners in Post Offices bursting into tears because their applications have got lost in the system. Vincent Cable MP warned about the problems being caused as a result of a complicated new system - designed to avoid fraud - including new photographs and a new processing system, via the Post Office, not involving the local council. 2010-03-08T14:53+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001668/mp_and_top_actress_join_forces_over_houseboat_charges.html Vincent Cable MP is working with actress Susan Penhaligon (famous for the series "Bouquet of Barbed Wire") to highlight the plight of residential boat owners on the Thames faced with massive increases in licence fees to the Port of London Authority. 2010-03-08T14:53+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001670/autumn_consultation_on_local_nhs_cuts.html Local MPs have been told by NHS London that proposed cuts and reorganisations involving local hospitals would be subject to a formal consultation, but not before the autumn ("at the earliest"). 2010-03-08T14:51+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001669/police_crack_down_on_hampton_wick_station_revellers.html The British Transport Police has just completed a 12-day crackdown on late night revellers using Hampton Wick Station to get to and from Kingston. After residents approached Vincent Cable MP, he persuaded the BTP to focus their attention on the Station which has been the source of serious anti-social behaviour in Hampton Wick. Vincent Cable said: "There seems to be a pattern of behaviour involving some young people, probably from outside the Borough, who use Hampton Wick Station for getting to and from an evening's clubbing and binge drinking in Kingston. It is relatively easy there to dodge fares and security. Residents around the Station experience a lot of unpleasantness as a result. Chief Constable Trotter has assured me that there has been a crackdown and there will be regular checks." 2010-03-08T14:48+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001667/cutting_too_soon_risks_stifling_growth_and_recovery.html Commenting on the BCC's downgrading of its expectations for economic growth this year, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-03-07T14:43+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001666/cbi_submission_highlights_governments_dangerous_position.html Responding to the CBI's submission to the Chancellor urging him to use his last Budget before the election to set out more details of spending plans for government departments in order to boost confidence in the UK's public finances and provide economic stability, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-03-07T09:11+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001665/growth_figures_welcome_but_british_economy_is_still_weak.html Responding to the news that the UK economy grew by 0.3% in the final three months of last year, faster than had been previously estimated, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable said: 2010-02-26T12:05+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001664/part_nationalised_banks_are_for_lending_not_bonuses.html "RBS rewarding individual bankers is like a football team paying their striker for scoring when they've just been relegated" said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor. 2010-02-25T11:07+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001663/osborne_is_out_of_his_depth.html "Slashing spending now could push the economy back into recession and inflict further structural damage on the UK," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor. 2010-02-24T18:46+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001656/vince_cable_sets_out_the_liberal_democrat_plan_for_the_banking_sector.html Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable today set out the Liberal Democrat plan for the banking sector. 2010-02-23T09:59+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001655/petition_to_create_a_whitton_bus.html Vince Cable MP has taken up the cause of Whitton residents, who lack a direct bus route to Whitton Shopping Centre and train station. Those who live at the western edge of the borough in Heathfield face a time consuming and expensive journeys on two buses or by cab to get to the centre of Whitton or the station. Many hundreds of residents, led by Miss Ann Goff of Waverley Avenue, have petitioned Transport for London for the 110 bus to be diverted into Whitton. Vince Cable is writing to the Mayor and is setting up a meeting with TFL to progress the initiative. 2010-02-23T09:57+00:00 http://www.vincentcable.com/news/001654/drug_setback_for_local_cancer_sufferer.html Attempts to help chronic leukaemia sufferer Jed Alexander have hit a major obstacle as the drug regulator NICE has turned down appeals to authorise life saving drugs on the NHS. 2010-02-23T09:55+00:00