This week saw the Republicans lose control of both the US Senate and House of Representatives, reacting to these mid-term results President George Bush has sacked Donald Rumsfeld as Defence Secretary. Commenting Sir Menzies Campbell, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, said "Donald Rumsfeld has paid the price for a policy of which he was the principal architect and whose implementation has been disastrous."
Liberal Democrats on Suffolk County Council today called for the county council to write to the Secretary of State for Health in protest at the deeply unfair funding formula for the Health Service. The funding formula is currently under investigation by a House of Commons select committee and has played a major role in leaving the region badly in debt.
Liberal Democrats on Suffolk County Council today slammed the visit of Tory Leader, David Cameron, to Ipswich hospital as a hollow and empty gesture.
The East of England Regional Assembly Executive yesterday demanded changes in the way EEDA's flagship £230 million Investing in Communities (IiC) programme is delivered, following a detailed scrutiny report on its operations over the past three years.
Sue Doughty presented her petition of over 17,000 signatures to stop the NHS cuts and the proposed closure of the A&E department of the Royal Surrey County Hospital to Professor Chris Marks, Chairman of the Save the Royal Surrey appeal.
Leicester City Council has signed a commitment pledging action to tackle climate change.