A senior Liberal Democrat, Ron Beadle, has discovered that Newcastle has lost a quarter of its GP practices in the past decade. The number of practices has fallen from 51 to 38 and the number of GPs has sunk from 156 to 148 since Labour came to power.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have launched an online opinion poll to gather views on the future of throwaway shopping bags. The online poll can be found at www.bedfordlibdems.org , on the right of the homepage.
DEVIZES LIBERAL Democrats have given the government one out of ten for their environmental record and have warned that local residents will suffer from more extreme weather if action is not taken to tackle pollution.
Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have called on the Council to respond much more quickly to enquiries and complaints.
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Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council have called for a fundamental review of how local councils obtain their finance. The group is seeking to charge local taxpayers on their ability to pay rather than the unfair council tax as now and a better deal from central government.