Springvale Liberal Democrat Cllr Richard Whitehouse took to Full Council a motion calling for an end to the planned closures of the Area Housing Offices. However the ruling Labour party amended the motion so as to make it meaningless and to get their own members off the hook. This meant Labour failed to support Lib Dem moves to stop the closures which will now go ahead.
After being contacting by many local residents, Morehall Lib Dem Action Team Darren Briddock and Tom McNeice are conducting a residents survey in Morehall Avenue and Chart Road about the regular traffic problems there.
Shepway Liberal Democrats were represented in force at the Liberal Democrat Spring Conference in Harrogate. Folkestone and Hythe Parliamentary Spokesman Toby Philpott and many other local members including Maureen Speller, Paul Kincaid, Tom McNeice, Darren Briddock, Season Prater, Tim Prater and Shaun Roberts all made the journey for the traditional launch to May's election campaign.
A blind aviator is aiming to fly halfway around the world to raise £1m to help prevent blindness. Miles Hilton-Barber, 58, from Derbyshire is hoping to become the first blind aviator in history to fly from the UK to Sydney. His departure on Monday was delayed by bad weather - and he is now unlikely to leave for at least several days.
Local Liberal Democrats have returned to Birmingham from the party's spring conference boosted for the battles ahead.
The Government today announced that prescription charges are to rise by 20p on 1st April. Commenting, Liberal Democrat Shadow Health Secretary, Norman Lamb MP said:
