Two years ago, the Liberal Democrats took control of our Council for the first time ever, and during that time we've continued to deliver on our exciting programme of change and improvements for our Borough.
The operator of the Tyne and Wear Metro is reviewing its ban on mobility scooter users travelling on the system without a helper. The ban was imposed after two accidents in which scooter owners crashed through train doors and onto tracks.
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 29th April) slammed Labour MPs who last night voted through the doubling of tax on people on low and modest incomes.
COMMUTERS will have to wait an extra eight years to see their station refurbished, it has been revealed.
On Saturday 26th April, the statue of Guglielmo Marconi, Chelmsford's founder of broadcasting, duly arrived in "Marconi Plaza" near to the Chelmsford's theatres and bus station redevelopment. That was welcome but Jude Deakin and Graham Pooley, local councillors for this part of Chelmsford - called Marconi Ward - hope it's symbolic of fresh action for Chelmsford's West End.
Nick Clegg has branded the Government's treatment of older people as 'a stain on the moral conscience of this country'. In a speech this morning in London about the crisis in social care for older people, Nick Clegg set out his party's plan for a Personal Care Payment based on need, not the ability to pay. As the only major political party to set out plans on how to reform social care, the Liberal Democrats are calling for a cross-party consensus on the difficult choices that have to be made to ensure that all those who need social care have access to it.