"Shared services are fine - but not this way". That's the cross-party reaction of Shepway Councillors on the East Kent Joint Scrutiny Committee in response to a paper on shared services across Shepway, Dover, Canterbury and Thanet Councils.
Folkestone Councillor Tim Prater has learned that it it unlikely the EDF will connect the new traffic lights in Shorncliffe Road near Folkestone West station before March, over 3 months after their installation. The new lights were designed to ease traffic congestion in the area, which was expected to increase after the introduction of the full high-speed rail service in December 2009.
Up to 2,415 pensioners in Hinckley and Bosworth will miss out on Cold Weather Payments triggered by the recent weather, according to analysis of Government figures by the Liberal Democrats.
"The verdict of the Dutch Iraq Inquiry is yet another devastating blow to Labour's flimsy claims that this war was in any way legal," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary.
Cllr David Kendall, parliamentary spokesman, has welcomed the Office of Fair Trading's decision to refer UK local bus services, excluding London and Northern Ireland, to the Competition Commission.
Following today's Prime Minister's Questions, Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg is writing to Gordon Brown, urging him to indicate to the Chilcot Inquiry that he would prefer to appear before it ahead of the election.