Young people from Folkestone gathered at the Ashford International Hotel to receive their well earned Tri-Angle 2010 awards, and I was delighted to accept the invitation to be present for the occasion.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has cautiously welcomed the health white paper, released on Monday. The MP says the plans could bring welcome local control to the NHS and possibly bring back some services to the Westmorland General.
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed the news that unemployment in the South Lakes has dropped by 13.4% this year.
Jenny Randerson is Welsh Liberal Democrat Shadow Education Minister in the National Assembly for Wales. She writes in the latest edition of party weekly newspaper Liberal Democrat News on the subject of homophobic bullying:
I was delighted to help formally mark the completion of the renovated Church Arcade in the town centre yesterday. The £350,000 project, which saw the Council working with the arcade's owner Metropolitan and County Group to in the design of the scheme, has really brightened up the arcade and made it a light, attractive place to shop. In a nice touch, the new canopy over the arcade entrance from Harpur Street has the names of a number of Bedford Sporting icons.
The Conservative administration at County Hall has today announced cuts to the County Council's budget. Responding to the allocation of the cuts, the Leader of the Liberal Democrat main opposition group, Cllr Hazel Watson said: "I disagree with the allocation of the cuts by the Conservative administration. The £3.9m cut to front-line services for Children and Young people is excessive. This will be very damaging to services for vulnerable children and young people in Surrey. It was only about two years ago that children's services were rated inadequate by Government and these cuts will not help to improve the service."