"Kick in the teeth" for shoppers and traders
Nigel Clarke, key Lib Dem Activist and Brentwood business owner, is leading a campaign in the town centre against the increase in car parking charges.
11 Feb 2009
National News
Local children will benefit from Lib Dem schools plan
Proposals from the Liberal Democrats for big improvements to schools and teaching will see around £17 million of extra cash for schools in Bedfordshire to boost the education and life chances of thousands of children.
11 Feb 2009
Hundreds show up for Sustainable Communities Act public meeting at Parliament
Hundreds of people turned up at Parliament last night (10 Feb 2009) to hear about the new Sustainable Communities Act which recently became law due to a huge campaign effort by the Local Works coalition (www.localworks.org) of which the Liberal Democrats are a leading member.
11 Feb 2009
Farron proposes incubator solution to decline in bee population
Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary of State for Defra Tim Farron MP has proposed using the Isle of Man as an incubator to deal with the dramatic decline in population of the British honeybee.
11 Feb 2009
Lib Dems Support Independent Living for All
Local Liberal Democrats have supported the Government's calls for "Independent Living For All". In a drive to enable able bodied and disabled people to live as full a life as possible, local Liberal Democrats are supporting plans for disabled residents, their families and carers to have their needs independently assessed and to be given the opportunity to lead a more independent life.
11 Feb 2009
Learning and Skills Council Cash Freeze hits South Kent College
There are doubts over the future of a £55million learning campus in Ashford, Kent after the Learning Skills Council, which is in charge of funding, announced a temporary freeze on all decisions on major schemes.
11 Feb 2009
