Heather Kidd, Lib Dem Councillor for Chirbury and Worthen, met Richard Benyon MP, Minister for the Countryside, yesterday (8th Feb)to try to persuade the Government to take extra measures to soften the blow of its cuts in rural areas.
The Lemington Lantern Festival
Watch Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg's speech to launch the week.
What was announced? The Chancellor George Osborne announced today that the banking levy rate for the first year is being increased. This will mean that the bank levy raises £2.5bn in 2011 - an increase of £800m. The levy will raise £10bn over the course of the Parliament
Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrat Councillor, Mohammad Rizwan was presented with a National Award by his union USDAW last month.
Official figures are continuing to show a steady drop in crime rates across Newcastle. There has been a marked drop in overall crime, with the rate having halved since the Lib Dems took over the city council in 2004 from 40,000 that year to 20,000 last year.