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Investments in Tobacco Companies - Motion to Stockton Council

Motion put to Stockton Borough Council, Wednesday January 23rd 2013 "Smoking kills an average 339 people a year in this borough, by far the largest single cause of premature death. It kills around half of all life long smokers through cancer, cardio-vascular diseases and chronic lung disease. Half of those who are killed die in middle age. Smoking is also responsible for around half the difference in health inequalities between rich and poor.

CJC
2 Feb 2013
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STOP THE BIG TAX CHEATS

Local Liberal Democrat Councillor, Elliot Kennedy, congratulates Redcar MP, Ian Swales on his stand on corporate tax avoidance. The Liberal Democrat MP secured the debate on this in Parliament and was calling for the Government to take a lead internationally and police its financial borders with the same rigour as its physical boundaries.

19 Jan 2013
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