Following the Liberal Democrats taking full control of Rochdale Council in the local elections, the elected Liberal Democrat Councillors have chosen the Cabinet members to "lead the Rochdale Borough forward in the next year".
Cable welcomes the Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill but warns of difficulties in assessing the capability to work of people with mental conditions.
Burstow calls for the end to the inconsistent provision of services for disabled children and calls for funding to meet the communication needs of disabled children.
Thanks to your votes, Bosworth Liberal Democrats gained 10 seats in the May 3rd local elections and now have an overall majority on the council. The result in Hinckley and Bosworth has been hailed by many as the best Liberal Democrat result in Britain.
The Liberal Democrats won 300 more council seats than Labour in Thursday's local government elections in England. With one council (Breckland) still to finish counting 2,167 Liberal Democrats councillors have been elected compared to 1,867 Labour councillors. The party gained control of 6 councils: Eastbourne and Hinckley & Bosworth (Leics) - both from the Conservatives - plus Rochdale, Kingston-upon-Hull, Northampton and Caradon (Cornwall), and held another 17.
A man with severe dyslexia has launched a legal challenge against two High Street banks about the way they communicate with disabled customers. Robert Neil from Norfolk has difficulty understanding written words and figures, and says he has paid thousands of pounds in bank charges. He says he now has a bad credit rating after becoming inadvertently overdrawn.
