MP Helen Morgan has expressed concerns that the Budget is a 'missed opportunity' for Shropshire and rural Britain.
MP Helen Morgan has expressed concerns that the Budget is a "missed opportunity" for Shropshire and rural Britain.The North Shropshire Liberal Democrat MP highlighted the impact of the measures on her constituency in a speech in the Commons.
Mrs Morgan said there was a the lack of support for small businesses that are struggling to stay afloat, including Shropshire's pubs. "Just this morning, I was contacted by a popular village pub to say that it was facing closure, despite always being too busy to fit me in for a table. It is facing a four-fold increase in its energy costs, but this Budget has cut the support that it is going to be offered, even while wholesale prices fall and it costs the Government"
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