The Liberal Democrat Group on Milton Keynes City Council has elected its new leadership team for the year ahead following last week’s local election success which saw the party become the largest group on the Council.
The Milton Keynes Liberal Democrat and Labour Groups have today announced a formal partnership, following the recent local elections in which no single party secured an overall majority.
The council now has a Leader and Cabinet from the Green Party, but a deal between the two opposition parties has denied them the chance to "mark their own homework"
Liberal Democrats have reselected local resident Richard Elliott as candidate in the June 18th by-election caused by the immediate resignation of the Green Party's Liam Shrivastava.
Liberal Democrat councillor Lesley McLean has been appointed Leader of Cherwell District Council, becoming the first woman to lead the authority in 30 years.
This week in Parliament, local MP Tim Farron challenged the Secretary of State for Justice, David Lammy to restore court sittings in Kendal.