The first poll since the Telegraph began reporting the details of MPs' expenses suggests the public are taking a plague on both their houses approach but not against the Liberal Democrats.
Progress towards a new cancer centre in south Cumbria took another step forward after local MP Tim Farron spoke to Ian Cumming the Chief Executive of North Lancashire Primary Care Trust.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that the HM Revenue and Customs Office (HMRC) in Kendal tax is to be kept open for at least another year after Mr Farron won a reprieve for the local tax officer following a meeting with Treasury Minister Stephen Timms MP.
Transport planners are optimistic that Rochdale might still get Metrolink trams in the town centre.
Essex County Council has lodged an appeal against the planning decision of Chelmsford Borough Council on Moulsham Lodge Centre. Chelmsford Borough agrees that the centre should remain in community use; Essex County Council wants to sell it off as a private medical centre. The appeal will be considered over the summer.
The panel set up by the Tory administration of Mid Sussex District Council to decide the pay and benefits of the Chief Executive will meet in private on 13th May.