Britannia Radio

Is this email not displaying correctly? View it in your browser. We are working to expand our grassroots network and talking to activists in a number of areas about new branches. It is a brilliant opportunity to get involved in campaigns on local issues – like the workplace parking levy we stopped in Bristol – or national issues that affect families and businesses in your area. Just last month our activists across the country helped secure the abolition of the beer duty escalator by organising fun events to get more supporters putting pressure on their MP. If you are interested in helping out with campaigns in your area, please let me know. Your involvement could make a real difference. - Matt Sinclair, Chief Executive Devon loses money on parking fines Too often parking fines are little more than just another tax on motorists. Our last survey found they amounted to £328m a year. But costs for issuing penalty charge notices at Devon County Council are so high that TPA South West Coordinator Tim Newark reports they are actually losing money! £36m Welsh Assembly Government back-to-work scheme fails TPA Wales Coordinator Lee Canning has written about a scheme that was supposed to help 20,000 get back into work or get the qualifications they needed. But only 789 people ended up finding jobs where they were working for at least sixteen hours a week.