Folkestone Town Council has taken the lead on getting street litter bins repainted in Folkestone. A motion proposed by Councillor Emily Sanger for the lead Lib Dem group and backed by the full Council last week has agreed funding of £3,000 for a project to repaint around 50 bins, concentrating on Folkestone Town Centre and bins on main roads.
Well known Shepway Lib Dem campaigners Darren Briddock and Miranda Roberts have had some of their exploits at the recent Ealing Southall by-election written up in this weeks Liberal Democrat News. Both were key members of the Ealing team dedicating many days to the campaign - in which the Lib Dems slashed the Labour majority and the Tories remained in a humiliating third place - but the write-up came for their work after the polls closed.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have reacted with astonishment after the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government gave the go-ahead for a controversial housing development off Norse Road, overturning the decisions of both the Borough Council and the Planning Inspector.
When Liberal Democrat parliamentary spokesman, Councillor Jonathan Lees, addressed the "Save Epsom Hospital" rally in Rosebery Park on 14th July, he found himself following on after veteran Labour MP Jack Ashley, now Lord Ashley, a long-term supporter of Epsom General Hospital.
The Conservatives, whose MPs were defeated in Cornwall having saddled the county with the highest water bills in the UK, amongst the highest unemployment, lowest wages and unfair Government funding, have now voted no confidence in their parliamentary candidates.
Kent Highway Services have announced that they plan replace the existing road humps in Stanley Road, Cheriton with new pre-cast concrete speed cushions. The works will involve the closure of Stanley Road to traffic (except for access) and works are intended to start on or after 30 July and is expected to take up to 4 weeks to complete.
