The guest speaker for the Grantham & Stamford Liberal Democrats annual dinner on Friday, 27 November at the Gallery restaurant, New College, Stamford, will be Tony Wilkinson, ex-chairman, Wilkinson Hardware Stores Ltd.
Nick Perry, Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, has spoken out in support of two Labour politicians this week, following their comments about Hastings United and the future of the Pilot Field.
Prospective MP, Terrye Teverson, has won a meeting the RCHT Chair and top management to discuss the unfair car parking charges at Cornwall's number one hospital.
Heather Kidd was elected by Liberal Democrat councillors across England and Wales to the National Local Government Associations Regeneration and Transport Board. This body lobbies Government on Transport and economic development issues, particularly around new legislation. It has a real input into items before they become law or when they are being reviewed.
More than 500,000 requests to access phone and e-mail records were made in 2008, according to a report by the Interception of Communications Commissioner. The Lib Dems say only a magistrate should be able to approve a request for surveillance under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa). An average of about 1,500 surveillance requests were made every day in Britain last year, according to figures which have emerged from an annual report by commissioner Sir Paul Kennedy. That is the annual equivalent to one in every 78 adults being targeted. There were 1,500 approved applications from local councils.
A new air quality report covering NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) levels in Ewell village has been published. It shows no improvement on the unacceptably high levels and an Action Plan is now needed to deal with the problem.
