MP pitches for IT apprenticeships scheme with local I.T company
Tim Farron secured a meeting with business and skills minister David Lammy to pitch for a deal that would create hundreds of new apprenticeships for new graduates.
16 Dec 2009
National News
RPA in need of "urgent reform" says Farron after report slams agency debacle
The Rural Payments Agency must undergo "urgent reform" according to Liberal Democrat Shadow Defra Secretary Tim Farron MP, who has expressed his concern that farmers could continue to pay the penalty for the agency's bureaucratic bungling.
16 Dec 2009
Preston Park - Jacquie Bell writes
The debate over Egglescliffe School has certainly been hotting up since Dari Taylor MP wrote to local residents proposing to rebuild it at Preston Park. I have been viewing the debate and the hard work put into it by the 3 Liberal Democrat Councillors in Eaglescliffe.
15 Dec 2009
New Council Leader elected in Hinckley & Bosworth
Liberal Democrat Councillor Stuart Bray has tonight been elected as the new Leader of Hinckley & Bosworth Borough Council. Stuart has succeeded Councillor David Bill who has stepped aside on the advice of his doctor.
15 Dec 2009
Lib Dems demand Essex-wide consultation on Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
At today's Full Council meeting the Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council demanded that the Government widens the public consultation across Essex on the proposed replacement Nuclear Power Station at Bradwell.
15 Dec 2009
Motion tabled for Essex-wide consultation on Bradwell Nuclear Power Station
I am one of the members of the Council's Economic Development & Environment Policy and Scrutiny Committee who are currently looking at all the options available to Essex residents for our future Renewable Energy needs. One of these options is nuclear power.
CDK
15 Dec 2009