Cllr Kevin Foster

Cllr Kevin Foster, Parliamentary Spokesman for Coventry South has today welcomed proposals by the Conservative Party for tough new measures on prepayment meters and social tariffs to help people struggling to pay their fuel bills. It is currently estimated that one in five families live in fuel poverty.

Cllr Kevin Foster, Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Coventry South, has welcomed the news that the Government is to cave into pressure from campaigners and re-award the contract for the Post Office Card Account to the Post Office.

Caroline Spelman MP, Chairman of the Conservative Party, and Shadow Minister for Coventry, will tomorrow (Thursday 6th November 2008) visit Coventry to speak to members of the local Chamber of Commerce and to visit 2 local businesses to discuss the current economic situation.

Kevin welcomes the Election of Barack Obama as the next President of the USA.

Cllr Kevin Foster has welcomed the beginning of demolition work on the controversial canopy over the Lady Godiva statue in Broadgate.

A drive by Coventry City Council to make its services more efficient and provide better value for money is on course to deliver more than £5million worth of savings.

Cllr Kevin Foster, Deputy Leader of Coventry City Council has expressed his disappointment at the High Courts decision to refuse Coventry Airport's appeal against the Government's decision to refuse permission for a new Terminal to deal with 2m passengers a year.

Cllr Kevin Foster, the Conservative Parliamentary Spokesman for Coventry South, and the Cabinet Member for Finance on the City Council, has welcomed plans announced by the Shadow Chancellor George Osbourne to freeze Council Tax for 2 years after the next General Election. This measure will save a typical Band D household over £200, and families across Coventry will benefit.

A Coventry woman has been given a suspended prison sentence after falsely claiming more than £7,500 in housing benefit.

Shadow Justice Minister, Edward Garnier QC MP, today (September 9th 2008)visited Coventry to see how the Conservative controlled City Council worked in partnership with the local Probation Service to ensure offenders are diverted away from a life of crime and living on benefits, by accessing the "Making Progress" project.