Heywood and Middleton Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Councillor Wera Hobhouse has welcomed next year's proposed council tax increase as one of the lowest in the country, she said: "3.8% is the lowest for eleven years and shows the benefits of a Liberal Democrat controlled Council.
Lib Dems from Scarborough went to Leeds at the weekend to hear leadership hopefuls Nick Clegg and Chris Huhne speak about their plans for the party. The leadership hustings was held at a packed Civic Centre in the City, with members coming from all over Yorkshire and the Humber to hear the two MPs.
Cllr David Kendall, Leader of the Lib Dem group on Brentwood Borough Council, has slammed the Council's consultation process on the plans for the new William Hunter Way development as totally inadequate.
Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats Vince Cable today accused Gordon Brown of producing a legislative programme with no new ideas despite delaying a General Election so that he could outline his vision for Government.
Vince Cable, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats commenting on the Queen's Speech said "The anticipation was acute - but the anti-climax is deafening. The legislative programme is firmly rooted in the Blair era. There is very little new. No ideas, no vision. Is this what we have been waiting for? Perhaps, lurking in this Queen's Speech is a genuinely Big Idea: a Conservative-Labour Grand Coalition of policies and ideas. The one time editor of the Red Paper has penned a Queen's speech in the bluest ink. Across wide swathes of policy his approach is indistinguishable from the Tories. On the important issues of the day it is the Liberal Democrats who offer a distinctive voice."
Here is the full text of the 2007 Queen's Speech, outlining the government's plans for the next parliamentary year.