Figures have been uncovered that show Essex County Council spent £173 million on consultants and agency staff over the last three years. The figures were uncovered by a question from Liberal Democrat County Councillor David Kendall at a full council meeting.
Wiltshire Police asked the council to review the license of Favourite Chicken and Ribs, Market Place Trowbridge. They alleged the business was contributing to violence and anti-social behaviour in the town, as well as breaching the terms of its license by serving customers later than permitted.
Lib Dem Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed a Government announcement that local Council's will see benefits from business rates collected in their area. Tim Prater lobbied Communities Minister Andrew Stunell for the return of business rates to local authorities last year.
Liberal Democrats have welcomed yet another u-turn by the Tories. In a report due before Cabinet on 29th July, the Tories will abandon their plans for an Incinerator.
The Bill to create directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners is currently before Parliament. The first elections of Police and Crime Commissioners are expected in May 2012.
Traders, town councils, opposition councillors, newspapers and residents told Wiltshire Council's Conservative cabinet that excessive rises in car parking charges would be bad news for everyone including the council itself. Now the accounts for the first quarter of the 2011/12 financial year have been announced we can see the scale of the damage.