David Laws MP, Liberal Democrat Chief Secretary to the Treasury has written outlining the state of the nation's finances, his letter is below:
Blackburn's community festival, 'Celebrate Blackburn' is back, this year even bigger and better. In fact the theme for this year's Celebrate is all BIG! Celebrate Blackburn's BIG festival is set to take place for two months starting July 1 and will feature a host of larger than life music, arts, food, cultural, fun and sporting events all dedicated to showcasing the best of Blackburn. The showpiece of the celebration will be Blackburn's BIG weekend on Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25.
For years services for young people such as the Youth Development Service have been Surrey's Cinderella. Budgets have been cut, with staff posts left unfilled and then frozen.This year a re-organisation at the top takes away the Youth Development Officers who lead the work in each Borough and District and further managers, replacing all thirteen posts with just four operations managers to run youth work for the whole county.
For years services for young people such as the Youth Development Service have been Surrey's Cinderella. Budgets have been cut, with staff posts left unfilled and then frozen.This year a re-organisation at the top takes away the Youth Development Officers who lead the work in each Borough and District and further managers, replacing all thirteen posts with just four operations managers to run youth work for the whole county.
Here is a list of the Liberal Democrats in the newly formed coalition government.
The first Liberal Democrat MP from East Lancashire took his seat in Parliament on Tuesday. Gordon Birtwistle gained the Burnley seat from Labour after decades of Labour dominance in Burnley at both local and national level. Burnley now has a Liberal Democrat Council and a Liberal Democrat MP.
