Watford Liberal Democrat Sal Brinton will be appointed to the House of Lords after being nominated for a peerage today. The former parliamentary candidate for Watford was included in the list of 50 new working peers the Queen will confer later this year.
Local Liberal Democrats have expressed their delight at the announcement that Councillor Qurban Hussain is to be given a seat on the Liberal Democrat benches in the House of Lords.
Bob Russell MP is backing National Energy Action's Warm Homes Campaign 2010 and is stressing that a national energy efficiency drive is vital in combating rising levels of fuel poverty.
In a major boost for local public transport, Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced a radical extension to Sunday bus services in Bedford. The new programme of services will replace the current, extremely limited Sunday service with regular buses serving the same routes which operate across the whole Bedford town network over the rest of the week.
Local Campaigners against the giant Covanta Incinerator received a boost for their campaign this week when the Planning Inspector refused to accept that an Incinerator in Derbyshire was needed. This was despite an appeal from the Company wanting to build the Incinerator. The Planning Inspector said that one of the main reasons for turning the application down was, "…emissions from the plant and local residents' concerns about the impact on their health..."
Following a report to the County Council's Cabinet on the funding arrangements for Concessionary travel in Leicestershire, the Liberal Democrats have highlighted their concerns about the future of various discretionary elements of the scheme currently funded by district councils.