What Lib Dem councillors feared may happen, has. Spelthorne's complete mess up of their new master plan, the Local Development Framework (LDF) has opened the way for a huge land grab by greedy developers intent only on a quick profit. Green Belt sites all over Spelthorne are now under threat in a way they have never been before.
Brentwood Liberal Democrats emphasised their support for a mixed use development for Merrymeade House that takes into account resident's concerns and environmental issues at last week's meeting of the Planning and Development Control Committee. We support the ground and first floors being used for community use as intended while developing the upper floor for affordable housing.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Saturday 24th May) backed comments by LibDem Shadow Education Secretary, Jeremy Purvis MSP, who has described the SNP's process of implementing its class size policy as being in "total disarray".
Zahid Shah, Lib Dem candidate in the May elections, has written to voters in St Peter's Ward about the Neighbourhood Warden Scheme. The text of the letter is:
With the recent election of Boris Johnson as London's new Tory Mayor it was pleasing to see the priority he was giving to public transport and in particular buses in his first few days in office.
A review of Lib Dem Spring Conference in Liverpool and look ahead to the Lib Dems Autumn Conference in Bournemouth is now available at http://tinyurl.com/46ohu7