Five years of uncertainty could stop companies investing and threaten jobs. This morning David Cameron gambled with the economy by raising the possibility of the UK leaving the EU if he doesn't get what he wants.
A local County Councillor is calling for more action to tackle problems caused by icy roads and pavements in side streets across the area.
A number of Sandgate residents will have noticed over the Christmas period that the streetlight decorations were having more than their fair share of "issues". After the first day of lighting, there was rarely a day they were all on, and on a number of days, very few were lit at all.
Kent County Council are consulting on a proposal to transfer the management and running of Sandgate Library to Sandgate parish Council from this summer.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on Cumbrian councillors to be the 'last line of defence' to keep vascular services at the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust.
Liberal Democrat County Councillor and, former Regeneration Cabinet Member at Northampton Borough Council, Richard Church, has today welcomed a report by Centre for Cities that showed Northampton has recovered better from the recession than other cities, but has warned that more work needs to be done to boost low skills. Northampton was in the bottom 10 cities, at 57th out of 64, for the percentage of residents with low skills, with 15.9% of the town's residents with low skills.