Blackburn Labour MP and former Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has rejected Blackburn Council's motion asking for an Arms' Ban on Israel. The Liberal Democrat proposal, which received all-party support at a recent Council Meeting, called on Jack Straw to use his influence to ask the Cabinet to introduce such a ban.
The decision by the Shepway Council Cabinet to immediately terminate the lease of the Folkestone Leas Lift and stop running the lift has been "called in" to Shepway's Corporate Scrutiny Committee. The meeting at 7pm on 31st March at Shepway Civic Centre is open to the public and will hear from local groups and residents on the impact of the decision.
From www.thisiskent.co.uk : Scores of people braved the cold weather to protest today against the closure of a popular Folkestone tourist attraction. Crowds gathered on the Leas to protest against the closure of the Leas Lift, a water lift built in the late 1800s.
Cllr David Kendall has called on Eric Pickles MP to give up the allowance he is claiming for a second home in London to undertake his parliamentary duties.
Following the surprise increase in consumer price inflation figures announced this week, the Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Vince Cable has demanded that, with the poorest being hit the hardest by rising prices, the Government must cut taxes for low earners in next month's budget.
Campaigners have been back to the High Court to force the Government to announce the change in its policy of Gurkha settlement which had been declared "unlawful" in court in September 2008.