Yesterday, South Lakeland MP, Tim Farron, met with Communities and Local Government Minister Andrew Stunell to discuss the future of South Lakeland District Council amid the cuts to local government budgets.
As a result of a new policy introduced by Conservative run Surrey County Council, all market towns and large villages will lose...
Shepway Councillors Peter Carroll and Lynne Beaumont have launched FairFuelUK - a new nationwide campaign to fight for fairer fuel prices for UK road freight companies. Peter and Lynne are asking for support from the general public, the road hauliers, road freight trade associations, truck manufacturers and from all the major groups that represent the British Economy - such as the CBI, the FSB and the Chambers of Commerce.
Conservative Councillors meeting in a 6 minute meeting have given the nod to a scandalous 1000% rise in charges to ordinary people using day centres in the Royal Borough in a move which could see the Windsor Day Centre in Imperial Road closed. The disgraceful attack on vulnerable elderly people was voted through the Adult Social Services Scrutiny panel by 3 Conservative Councillors claiming that Liberal Democrat members of the panel were two minutes late. The whole meeting was concluded in 6 minutes flat.
Brentwood Liberal Democrats have announced that Cllr Reg Straw is retiring as Brentwood North councillor after 19 years...
The revised Register of Electors is published on 1 December each year, following the annual canvass. This year's canvass in the Shepway area has had a record response in excess of 94% of all properties in the district - the most recent record was 83.5% in 2009.