After a summer of hard campaigning to get the bluetongue protection zone extended to Cumbria, local MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that Cumbria will be brought into the protection zone today (Monday).
LIBERAL Democrats in Hinckley and Bosworth have given their strong backing to ambitious calls by Nick Clegg MP for Britain to become self-sufficient in energy.
Bedford Borough Council is proposing to release vast areas of publicly-owned land across the borough for housing and commercial development. Following the news of controversial plans for housing developments on Mowsbury Park Golf Course and at Jackman's Farm, Brickhill, the Liberal Democrats have now revealed the full extent of the Council's proposals for new residential and commercial developments to appear at various sites across the Borough in both urban and rural areas.
On Monday Tim will be at home with his wife and young family, getting his children ready for the new school year. This year, his son Jude will be starting at infant school.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller has expressed astonishment at Double Yellow lines in Christchurch Road which appear to have melted. The lines, which prevent parking next to Folkestone's Garden of Remembrance, appear to have melted where a part of the road dips. Gary was at a loss to explain how this has occurred.
The Liberal Democrat FOCUS Team have taken up the following local issues: