Tory budget cuts to the vulnerable must be challenged
Jill Wareham, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for the Isle of Wight, is calling for an immediate review on the effects of the Tory budget cuts on the most vulnerable in our community.
17 Mar 2010
Jill Wareham, Liberal Democrat Prospective MP for the Isle of Wight, is calling for an immediate review on the effects of the Tory budget cuts on the most vulnerable in our community.
Peter Phillips Lib Dem Councillor for Bishops Castle has called on Shropshire Council not to prolong the agony on key services such as meals on wheels and mobile libraries and hold their reviews sooner rather than later. Following revelations that these reviews may not report back till the summer Peter said "There are many elderly and vulnerable residents in our communities that care a great deal about these services and have been badly frightened by the Council's threatened cuts. The Council should do the decent thing and skip the bureaucratic niceties and speed up the process so that people cant find out what is proposed."
Following the decision to press ahead with closing King Edward VII in Melton and the Government's announcement that Leicestershire will not receive BSF funding for Loughborough, the Liberal Democrats have put down a motion to the next full Council Meeting.
Liberal Democrats met in Birmingham over the weekend for the party's last Conference before the General Election. And with the battle for votes looming on the horizon, Nick Clegg launched the Liberal Democrats 4 key policies to change Britain. Nick told Conference:
The former leader of the Conservative MEPs who stood against Tory-backed Michal Kaminski announced his defection to the Liberal Democrats at the Party's Spring Conference in Birmingham.
News that hundreds of farmers in South Lakeland could now be exempt from the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones restrictions have been welcomed by Liberal Democrat Farming Spokesperson Tim Farron MP after the appeal process exposed flaws in previous appeal designations.