Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield stood up for Chesterfield College during a Parliamentary Debate on fiasco of the Building Colleges for the Future programme today.
Councillor Ann Haigh responded to the news that Epping Forest College are reducing the number of A-Levels it currently teaches. Ann said: "I was dismayed to learn that Loughton College intends to reduce the number of A level courses it will provide.The Epping Forest District has no sixth form college and there is great pressure on the sixth form places available at West hatch in Chigwell and many of our young people are travelling to Harlow College to continue their education.An emphasis on vocational learning will not address the needs of those young people who wish to take their studies to graduate level.
In February 2009 the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead passed a motion, supporting the Fuel Poverty Bill introduced by Lib Dem MP David Heath, with all-party support.
The Liberal Democrats have slammed the 'toxic legacy' of the Tories at County Hall and repeated their criticism of the u-turn which saw the preferred technology for a new waste treatment plant changed from Mechanical and Biological Treatment to the more environmentally harmful method of incineration.
Local MP Tim Farron has today called on the Chief Executive of the NHS Primary Care Trust to formally investigate serious concerns that the Langdale Unit at Westmorland General Hospital is congested, with many patients on the ward having dementia and who therefore need specialist care. Tim Farron was one of the MPs leading a recent national parliamentary inquiry into the care of people with dementia.
County Hall Tories have refused to back down in the face of a Lib Dem demand for the Council to stop wasting taxpayers' money, by putting an end to its legal action against the 1 Star Rating it recently received from Ofsted.