Christmas bonus payments for nearly 5,000 elderly people in Newcastle to help with winter fuel bills will not be paid until nearly Easter, a leading local Liberal Democrat is warning
Henry Vann has warned that Christmas bonus payments for 1,431 elderly people in Bedford and Kempston to help with winter fuel bills will not be paid until nearly Easter.
Plans by the Conservatives to slash improvements to rail services have sparked calls by the Liberal Democrats in Darwen for better rail services for local commuters.
The BBC's local news show North West Tonight has announced that Blackburn with Darwen's Council Tax increase is the lowest in the North West at 1.95%. This compares with an average increase of 3.3% across the region.
The Liberal Democrat MP David Heath is bringing to Parliament a debate that aims to end the scourge of Fuel Poverty once and for all.
Roy Gregg has been chosen by the Lib Dems to fight the Leek East Ward By-Election, caused by the resignation of the local Tory Chairman. Roy is an experienced campaigner, a former District & Leek Town Councillor, a parent governor at Westwood College, Treasurer of @21, the Leek Town Centre Youth Project, and a local Parish Clerk.