On Tuesday 27th July, Liberal Democrat councillors used the last Cabinet session before the summer break to present their views on key issues affecting local people in Leicestershire:
Army families in Dedworth`s Broom Farm Estate are the latest victims of the Conservatives couldn`t care less creche cuts. The latest cuts are part of a targeted pattern of Conservative cuts that single out vulnerable groups like children, the elderly and disabled.
Brentwood West's two Liberal Democrat borough councillors, Karen Chilvers & Nigel Clarke, took direct action last week to tidy up an area that had become overgrown in their town centre ward.
"The challenge is ambitious but achievable. We're already on track to cut the UK's emissions by 34% by 2020, and will do more if we can win the case for greater ambition across the whole EU. But our line of sight needs to extend much further, through to the middle of the century," says Chris Huhne
South East Lib Dem MEP Sharon Bowles, who chairs the European Parliament's influential Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, has hailed the new EU law to rein in bankers´ bonuses as a landmark success. The tough new rules voted through the European Parliament will be implemented in time for this year's bonus payout. This will stop bank directors such as Fred Goodwin walking away with excessive bonus style pension pots if their bank fails.
Barnet Liberal Democrat Group Leader Cllr Jack Cohen is accusing Barnet Tory Cabinet Members of "cowardice" following their notable absence from Monday night's Finchley and Golders Green Residents Forum. Residents from around the Borough had turned up in strength to voice their anger at the increase in Cabinet Members' allowances. Cllr Cohen who also was at the meeting pointed out "everyman and his dog knew in advance that residents were going to turn up in force to ask questions and demand answers. But where were the Cabinet members? Here was an opportunity for them to face their electorate and to justify why they voted themselves huge increases. Instead they allowed Council Officers to take the flak."
