Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr David Kendall has resigned from Brentwood Town Centre's Renaissance Group citing his differences with the group's current aspirations & direction and his desire to be able to speak out on key town centre issues as his reasons for doing so.
CONTROVERSIAL plans for dozens of new flats have been refused by planning chiefs.
A Sandgate Councillor has slammed news that the first full year of parking charges at Sandgate's Castle Road Car Park saw pay and display income of just £16,590. The income is massively under the prediction of £25,000 a year by Conservative Shepway Council when they changed the car park from being free to pay and display last year.
Steve Gilbert, Lib Dem MP for St Austell and Newquay, has written on equal marriage for Pink News. The piece comes ahead of the Liberal Democrat party conference where Delga's Marriage Without Borders policy motion will be debated by Lib Dem party members. The motion is likely to pass and become Liberal Democrat national policy, making the Lib Dems the first of the big three parties to adopt it. Equal marriage is already policy of the Scottish Liberal Democrats.
East of England Liberal Democrat MEP Andrew DUFF welcomed the outcome of a key European Parliament vote today (Wednesday) on the use of animals in scientific research.
Common sense prevailed last night as the application for a seven storey, 71 dwelling apartment block in St James Road near Brentwood station was refused permission on the grounds of unacceptable living conditions, unacceptable effect on the street scene and loss of an employment site.