We do.

It’s why we’re delighted that Lib Dems in Government have delivered the biggest ever rise to the basic state pension.

From April the basic state pension will go up by £5.30 a week.

That’s a massive £200,446.00 for the 37,820 older people living here in York.

And the news gets better.

Pensioners can feel secure knowing the Lib Dem ‘triple-lock guarantee’ means their basic state pension will go up every year. It will rise in line with earnings, inflation, or by £2.50 – whichever is the most.

Never again will there be insulting 75p increases like there were under the last Labour Government.

Pensioners can check they’re receiving everything they’re entitled to by calling AgeUK’s national helpline on 0800 169 6565.

Lib Dems in Government are taking action to help first time buyers get on the housing ladder.

A new scheme will see the Government act as guarantor for up to 100,000 mortgages, helping thousands get on the housing ladder for the first time.

Local LibDem Housign spokesman Steve Galloway said said: “Many people have told me they feel trapped in the rented sector because they can’t raise the big deposits needed to buy their first home.

“This action by the Lib Dems in Government will help those people who can’t call on the bank of Mum and Dad when buying their first home” The previous Labour Government let first time buyers down in their failure to regulate the banks. This saw many first time buyers sold mortgages they couldn’t afford to pay.

The new Government backed scheme will be subject to strict criteria and will be available to potential buyers from March 2012.

No doubt working on the “moving target” theory our old friend Cllr J Riches is on the move again.

In 2010 he was living in the Micklegate Ward.

In early 2011 he moved into the Holgate ward, shortly after being selected to be a Labour Council candidate there.

Following his election he moved out and into a flat in Beaconsfield Street in the Westfield Ward.

Now the Councils web site shows him as having moved to an address in Leeman Road.

Residents will be able to identify the property from the queue of estate agents waiting patiently outside.

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I was born under a wandrin’ star
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I’ve never seen a sight that didn’t look better looking back
I was born under a wandrin’ star

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Snow can burn your eyes, but only people make you cry
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Which with any luck will never come true
I was born under a wandrin’ star
I was born under a wandrin’ star

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Heaven is goodbye forever, its time for me to go
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A wandrin’ wandrin’ star

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A wandrin’ wandrin’ star