Yesterday, The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, announced the government’s Autumn Budget. First, there was good economic news. GDP growth forecasts have been revised up for 2019 and 2020, whilst unemployment forecasts have been revised down - with unemployment forecast to be just 3.7% in 2019. With unemployment already at a 43-year low, and wages growing at […]
Read MoreLast week, I spent the morning with Elmbridge Rentstart, a Walton-based charity supporting local homeless people into rental accommodation and work. I was particularly impressed with their ‘Freedom2Work’ scheme, which helps homeless people secure shared accommodation in the private-rented sector in order to provide a stable environment for them to find employment. Under the scheme, […]
Read MoreThis morning, I addressed a small business roundtable breakfast discussion in Walton for the second year in a row. 30 local businesses were invited, representing a broad range of sectors – from ESC Digital, an audio-visual company based in Walton-on-Thames, to Crane & Associates, an architectural practice based in Esher. Each of the companies had […]
Read MoreToday, the Department for Health has announced that Surrey County Council will receive an extra £4 million to help support our local social care services ahead of the coming winter. The money comes as part of a £240 million package that could help deliver up to 71,500 home care packages to help get patients out […]
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