Ian Swales

Ian Swales MP will today have the opportunity to quiz Google on their tax affairs. Ian, as a member of the influential Public Accounts Committee, will take evidence from Google as well as from Ernst & Young and HMRC. The hearing follows Ian's speech in Parliament yesterday where he slammed tax avoidance practices and exposed the absurdity of the last Labour Government's PFI deals.

Ian welcomes the opening of RELOVED on Redcar High Street

Ian has welcomed the news that RELOVED, a shop dedicated to young people's clothing and accessories, has opened on Redcar High Street.

The shop is managed by Coatham House, a project that offers supported accommodation to local young people who are in housing need. They offer support with benefits, dealing with debt and drug and alcohol issues.

Yesterday was pay day for millions of people across Britain. It was the first pay slip since the Income Tax personal allowance was raised from £8,105 to £9,440. When Liberal Democrats came into power in 2010 this was just £6,475.

Raising the tax-free allowance is the Liberal Democrats' flagship policy and has so far seen Income Tax bills slashed by £600 a year for millions of low and middle income workers compared to what they were paying under Labour. As a result, more than 2m people on low pay have been lifted out of paying Income Tax altogether.

This Saturday, Ian Swales, MP for Redcar was honoured to present two war medals, a defence medal and a war medal, to a veteran of the second world war living in Redcar. Mr Ron Murray, 92, of Buckingham Road, Redcar finally received his war medals 67 years after the war ended.

Mr Murray signed up to the RAF at 21 years old, even though he was in a reserved occupation. He joined the RAF in 1941 and left after the war ended in 1946. He never claimed his medals and this year his children decided to retrospectively apply for them on his behalf.