Filton and Bradley Stoke Liberal Democrats

Over 20 million working people will be better off next year after Liberal Democrats in the Coalition Government delivered the biggest ever increase in the income tax personal allowance in the Budget.

The massive £3.5bn tax cut for working people delivers:

• The biggest ever single uplift in the tax threshold
• A personal allowance of £9,205 in April 2013
• 21 million working people getting an extra £220 tax cut
• Brings the total tax cut for basic rate tax payers to £550
• Brings the total number of people lifted out of tax to 2 million.

Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg used his speech to the Party's Spring conference in NewcastleGateshead to call for the forthcoming budget to be a "budget for fairness" and pledged that it would help working familes.

The Deputy Prime Minister pledged that by 2015 Britain would have seen an end to control orders, the first gay marriages and the first elections to the House of Lords.

Fairer taxes, promoting green jobs, protecting your civil liberties - these are just some of the achievements of the Liberal Democrats in government.

We're building a freer, greener and more liberal country - and stopping some of the worst excesses of the Conservatives. Find out more in this infographic.

In his keynote speech to the Liberal Democrat Conference, Party Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has outlined his goals for the Government and the country over the coming years. He reiterated his commitment to liberal values on the environment and human rights and his determination to ensure a fair chance for every child, saying "every child can do good things, great things, if only we give them the opportunities they deserve."

On 5th May you have a choice. You can keep the discredited First Past the Post system to elect our MPs, or you can choose a new and fairer system - Alternative Vote (AV). Back the campaign for change at www.YesToFairerVotes.org

AV is a small change that makes a big difference.

Saying YES! to Fairer Votes Means:

You may not have heard of the North Fringe to Hengrove (Transport) Package, but during December 2009 local residents in South Gloucestershire and Bristol were asked their opinions on the proposals. The scheme has 5 main aims to:

Tackle congestion; Improve road safety; Enhance accessibility; Improve air quality and Improve overall quality of life.

Lib Dem Cllrs. have been campaigning for more than 5 years on behalf of South Glos local residents for kerbside collection of plastic bottles and food waste. Now plans are in place to roll out kerbside collections across the area by March 2011.

Kerbside collection of plastic bottles has been put in the Lib Dem budgets in 2005, 06, 07, 08 and 09 - the Conservative administration backed by Labour have refused to back this initiative year on year; until now.

On May 6th 2010 people across the country went out to vote and decided that they wanted a change of Government. However, it wasn't a straight forward swap from Labour to Conservative as in previous elections, this time no one party had an overall majority and history was in the making.

The national picture showed the public what an unfair voting system we currently have with the Conservatives getting 36.46% of the vote and having 306 (47%) MP's; Labour getting 29.01% of the vote and having 258 (39%) MP's; Liberal Democrats winning 23.03% of the votes and having just 57 (just under 9%) MP's.

5 times World Women's boxing Champion Jane Couch MBE added her weight to the local Lib Dem campaign. The Lib Dem candidate Peter Tyzack who is fighting for new constituency Filton and Bradley Stoke stands the best chance of blocking the Tories according to both the bookies Labrokes and the polls including the electoral calculus seat calculation site.