Stockton's representatives at the Federal Party conference in Bournemouth included Jacquie Bell our PPC. Jacquie spoke in the debate on pensions, pointing out the need for flexible arrangements to allow as many older people as possible to manage their own affairs with dignity. She spoke of the problems experienced by some who have moved into residential and care homes.
Faced with growing waiting lists and an increasing number of complaints, Cllr Colin Taylor (Lib Dem, Stamford) has asked the Chairman of the council's Leisure Committee to put allotments on the agenda of the next meeting in October.
You may have seen some of the media coverage this week for Nick Clegg's closing speech to our party conference in which he laid out our plans to make Britain fairer and our four-step economic recovery plan.
Shepway Lib Dem Group Leader Lynne Beaumont recommends watching the video at http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5ln08_makethisvideogoaroundtheworld_news of a 13-year old Canadian girl speaks for 6 minutes at a UN Conference on the Environment in Brazil.
It was with great pride, I took part in the demonstration outside the High Court in London this week, standing alongside hundreds of retired Gurkha's. The demonstration had been organised to show the world how badly this country treats its best soldiers, with no right to remain in this country if they retired before 1997, even after giving 24 years of their lives to defend this country.
The Rochdale Township awarded £6,000 to each ward in the town earlier this year and in Castleton they have spent some of their funding in a bid to tackle the area's anti-social behaviour problem.
