Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that local residents can now be elected to National Park authority boards. Tim has for years spearheaded the campaign to democratise our national parks.
Councillor Jack Cohen, Leader of Barnet Liberal Democrats, called for the scrapping of the One Barnet Programme at tonight's full Council Meeting. Cllr Cohen accused the Barnet Tories of "wasting millions of tax payer money chasing an illusion driven by dogma. There is not a shred of evidence that the Tory plans to outsource and privatise all of its main services will work." Cllr Cohen also condemned the Conservative Council Administration for its gung ho approach to employee /employer relations: "what is becoming clear to me is that there is a sustained and systematic attempt by some leading Tories to denigrate Council Employees to justify getting rid of them"
Congratulations to Lib Dem Cllr Nigel Clarke and his Tory protege Cllr William Lloyd on their win over a Tory/Labour team tonight at the Councillor Scissorhands Challenge in aid of the Brentwood Mayor's Charities.
At the meeting of Wiltshire Council's Cabinet on Tuesday, the Lib Dems secured a promise from the council's leader that no Wiltshire Youth Centres would close.
Figures released that the Council Cabinet meeting held in Trowbridge on Tuesday in the Budget Monitoring report showed uncontrolled spending in Adult Care and difficulties in reducing costs.
At Tuesday's meeting of the Wiltshire Council Cabinet the Conservative authority performed another spectacular u-turn and abandoned their plans to withdraw all funding from denominational transport next year (save a rump funding for students about to take their GCSEs) and instead adopted the policy recommended by the Lib Dems for the past 6 months and promised to continue funding for all children for the duration of their education at their current school.