P138 CEEFAX 138 Thu 7 Oct 21:17/24 )|l4|l4|, 1/6 TORY CONFERENCE LAMONT WARNS AGAINST TAX INCREASE Norman Lamont has warned his successor Kenneth Clarke to avoid further tax increases in his Budget The former Chancellor told a fringe meeting of the right-wing Bow Group "Further substantial tax increases would retard recovery, slow growth, abort job creation, pjnalisj success and stifle kndjavour." And Mr Lamont called for an independent Bank of England, reform of capital gains tax, privatisation of the Royal Mail and spending cuts rather than further tax increases. Home 11p Politics 130 World 160 Next News Other Pol Main News Top SpoutP138 CJJFAX 138 Thu 7 Oct 21:12/27 2/6 TORY I CONFERENCE bVAT ON FUEL WILL HELP ENVIRONMENT" The introduction of VAT on domestic fuel bills will help to protect the environment, according to the environment minister, Tim Yeo. He told a fringe meeting that the party should back the VAT extension as "nearly all of us spend too much on heating our homes". VAT on fuel bills could be saved by a little attention to energy efficiency, hj added. Mr Yeo also branded the Green party and "extreme" environmentalists as -5 "green fascists". (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Other Pol Main News Top SportP138 CEJFAX 138 Thu 7 Oct 21:14/34 3/6 TORY CONFERENCE GOVERNMENT CALLED ON TO SAVE PITS The Government has been urged to speed up the privatisation of British Coal in a bid to save some of the 20 pits facing closure. Coal rebels Elizabeth Peacock and Richard Alexander made the call at a fringe meeting in Blackpool. Richard Alexander (Newark) asked: "+hat industry facing a sale would close down half the industry?" Coal minister Tim Eggar said hj was confident some pits would bj sold and denied BC was deliberately stripping pits before privatisation (upppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppppz Next News Other Pol Main News Top SportP138 CEJFAX 138 Thu 7 Oct 21:24/31 )|l4|l4|, 4/6 TORY CONFERENCE HU5D WBRNS OVER "PERMANENT REFORM" The Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has said the Tories must avoid a "permanent cultural revolution". He told a fringe meeting the party could not rely on economic recovery alone to win the next election. Services must bj efficient and economical but reform must be "accompanied by respect", hj said "We must show we value those we rely upon to provide the service... We must show that public services are safest and most effective in -5 our hands," Mr Hurd added. Next News Other Pol Main News Top SpoutP138 CEJFAX 138 Thu 7 Oct 21:28/36 5/6 TORY CONFERENCE PORTJLLO ATTBCSS bNANNYING STBTE" Individual responsibility has been undermined bz the "nannying of the state$, Michael Portillo has said. The Chief Secretary to the Treasury told a fringe meeting increasing the role of the state diminished the role of the individual. The vast majority of people valued their indjpjndjnce and it was time to return to "plain speaking and traditional values", hj said. bThj decent majority is a Consjrvativj majority," hj said. Politics 130 World 160 Summaries 102 Next News Other Pol Main News Top SpoutP138 CJJFAX 138 Thu 7 Oct 21:10/25 6/6 TORY CONFERENCE GOVERNMENT URGED TO TACKLE HOUSING Builders Wimpjy Homes and pressure group Shelter have called on the Govjrnmjnt to urgently tackle the shortage of "affordable housing". Wimpey director Julian Murray told a fringe meeting that it was crucial that the rented sector was expanded and investment in housing boosted by incentives. Shelter director Sheila McKechnie urged ministers to allow councils to spend on housing, to introduction mortgage benefits and to create a viable rente sector. Next News Other Pol Main News Top Spout