Liberal Democrat councillors working to protect services
Speaking at the launch of the Liberal Democrat campaign for local elections in England, Liberal Democrat Leader and Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg said:
10 Apr 2012
National News
Labour scrap Queen's Park's popular Festival of Light - but boost the trade union's May Day event
Amid angry exchanges at the recent Chesterfield Council Cabinet meeting, the Labour Council announced that it was scrapping the popular Festival of Light. For the past 5 years this has taken place in Queen's Park as part of the increasingly popular Arts and Markets Festival, held over the October half-term.
10 Apr 2012
MP helps Witherslack to get the chance of 3G broadband
Local MP Tim Farron has today welcomed news that Witherslack has been shortlisted for a major 3G pilot. Tim has been lobbying hard behind the scenes to make sure that the South Lakes village is put on the shortlist for this project.
9 Apr 2012
London Irish resubmit planning applications for the Avenue and Hazelwood sites
London Irish are still trying to build on urban open space in Sunbury ...
9 Apr 2012
New early years framework published- Teather
A slimmed down and more focused Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) for children aged 0-5-year-olds has been published by Children's Minister Sarah Teather.
9 Apr 2012
ALTER Publishes Position Paper on Community Land Auctions
The brain behind Community Land Auctions (promised in Budget 2011) will be speaking at Liberal Democrat Party HQ about them on Wednesday 11th April. He is Dr Tim Leunig, Chief Economist at the thinktank CentreForum. For more details see the previous announcement by Tony Vickers.
9 Apr 2012