Liberal Democrats are celebrating after they won all 24 seats in Today's deferred Kendal Town Council Elections - gaining three seats from the Labour, re-gaining one from the Green's and one from an independent.
Britain's welfare system is "trapping" poor people in poverty, the work and pensions secretary said as he unveiled plans for far-reaching reforms. Iain Duncan Smith wants to ensure benefit claimants are not made worse off by working and make state support conditional on willingness to work. He said the current benefits system was "broken" and unaffordable.
Proposals to give free prescriptions to people in England with long-term conditions have been put on hold due to financial pressures on the NHS. Health minister Simon Burns said a decision on prescription charges and exemptions cannot be made before the spending review due in the autumn.
A man from Birmingham left permanently in a wheelchair and in pain after spinal surgery has accepted a six-figure out-of-court settlement. Gerald Morgan, 60, was thrown from his chair by a spasm after an operation at the Royal London Hospital in 2004. He had broken his pelvis and hip - but this was not diagnosed until six months after when they were untreatable.
Councillor Stuart Parker (Lib Dem, Eastrop) has challenged the Conservative Cabinet on several topics at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 25th May.
Local Councillor Simon Galton has written to Vince Cable, Business Secretary in the Coalition Government to suggest that the East Midlands Regional Development Agency (EMDA) be closed to save money. Cllr Simon Galton believes that the closure of EMDA, could contribute towards the savings local councils like Leicestershire have to make.