The move to one council has left Wiltshire in a weakened position to face the funding reductions being announced by the government, and the chief executive has announced a programme of redundancies, cuts and increases in charges to attempt to reduce the deficit. The council will also attempt to shunt costs onto other organisations including the voluntary sector.
Kent Highways has had to close Gough Road, Sandgate temporarily at the junction with Sandgate High Street. The road remains open for access from Military Road. The closure is because of emergency works to repair an electrical fault.
"Britain in 2010 is anxious, unsure about the future, but Britain in 2015 will be a different country. Strong, fair, free and full of hope again. A country we can be proud to hand on to our children. That is the goal we must keep firmly fixed in our minds. That is the prize."
At Conference today Liberal Democrats renewed their calls for Green Taxation.
Two and a half years ago, I stood in this very hall to make my first speech as Leader of our party. I said that the chance for change was within our reach, and we had to seize it. That chance came. Perhaps not quite in the way many of us could have expected.
Liberal Democrats have expressed their concern at the new policy of Free Schools and Academies.