More focus will be placed on dealing with mental health problems at an early stage under government plans. The new mental health strategy for England promises an extra £400m for therapies, such as counselling, to increase access to them by 60% by 2015.
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP Tim Farron, along with South Lakeland District Council, will be hosting a conference to tackle the need for affordable housing across South Lakeland.
Local MP Tim Farron is calling on constituents to contact their local GP and urge them to bring back acute local services, under the NHS reforms currently going through Parliament.
The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Conservative administration at County Hall to borrow from growing reserves to tackle the short term funding shortfall for essential services and to freeze Council Tax in 2011/12.
Shock Council rent hikes of up to 15% agreed by the Tories at Brentwood council's Environment meeting on 1st February will...
Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, together with Care Services Minister Paul Burstow, today announced new plans to transform the mental health and well-being of the nation and ensure - for the first time - that mental health is given the same importance as the nation's physical health.