The programme, run by the Liberal Democrats, provides training and mentoring to under-represented groups in a bid to give minorities a better chance of becoming an MP.
Cllr Wendy Rider ...
If you have a hatch, batten it down.
Lib Dems on Leicestershire County Council recently obtained a copy of a Judicial Review that involved the County Council and EMCARE, the consortium that represents private care home providers in the County. The issue that has ended up in front of the high court turned out to be fairly simple - the County Council hadn't monitored nor knew the actual cost of providing a place for an elderly person in a care home in Leicestershire.
Local MP Tim Farron has today written to the south of Cumbria coroner; asking him to help uncover the truth of the impact of removing coronary care and other acute services from Westmorland General Hospital.
The shockwaves from David Cameron's decision to reject the proposed 'Merkozy' EU treaty is shaking politics. The UK stands isolated from the other 26 member states. Tory Eurosceptics think the Prime Minister has played a blinder, 'sticking up for Britain'.