The government is introducing changes to legislation under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 which would allow councils and police to control late night/early morning activity, and to charge licensed premises for the costs of policing their customers.
A very interesting column in the FT by Samuel Brittan, which sums up the direction that ALTER believes the party should take.
Opposition Lib Dem councillors on Newcastle City Council are calling on the authority to do more to ensure the benefit of a £100,000 Government grant for local high streets in Newcastle is spread citywide, following a rarely-used scrutiny call-in hearing at the Civic Centre this week.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on local residents to back a petition set up by Ambleside and Grasmere councillor Heidi Halliday, which is aiming to save vascular services for patients in the South Lakes.
Caroline Pidgeon AM's motion to the London Assembly today threw its weight behind government proposals to allow same-sex couples to have civil marriage ceremonies. Building on the Assembly's long-standing record of support for equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, Members called for the introduction of legislation in parliament to make same-sex marriages a reality.
Wiltshire Council needs to reform how and when they hold their meetings to make them more accessible to 'real people with real jobs'. That's the claim of the Liberal Democrats in Wiltshire.