The Liberal Democrats have called for an inquiry into the Iraq war, on the fifth anniversary of the conflict. The party's foreign affairs spokesman, Ed Davey, called on Gordon Brown and David Cameron to apologise for voting in favour of the invasion. He said both "shared the blame for this catastrophic foreign policy mistake".
Folkestone harbour will be treated to "3rd Floor 318" this Easter - a massive projection by Ruth A Parkinson onto the front of the Grand Burstin Hotel overlooking the harbour. The projection, supported a grant from Folkestone Town Council amongst others, will take place from Thursday 20th - Monday 23rd March between 7pm - 9pm, and is free to see.
Southeastern have announced that due to engineering works, train services between Ashford International and Dover Priory will be replaced by buses calling at all stations (including Sandling, Folkestone West and Folkestone Central) in both directions on Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th March.
On Wednesday 19th March, approximately 2,000 retired Gurkhas met outside the Houses of Parliament, along with several members of Shepway Liberal Democrats, to protest at the way they are treated differently to any other retired soldier in the British Army.
Local MP Tim Farron has reacted today to the announcement from Post Office Limited detailing the plans for branch closures in his constituency. The local campaign to save post offices in Westmorland and Lonsdale has clearly had a real effect as the area sees a lower-than-average number of branches earmarked for closure. The plans for the areas include five closures and four earmarked for so-called 'outreach' arrangements.
Local MP Tim Farron used the opposition day debate in the House of Commons today to challenge his neighbour and Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, John Hutton on using the Sustainable Communities Act to save local post offices.