Lib Dems vote to re-open toilets
Lib Dem Councillors have voted to re-open Shepway's toilets at a group meeting last night.
Lib Dem Councillors have voted to re-open Shepway's toilets at a group meeting last night.
Opposition to the Council Tax is to be highlighted this week when local Liberal Democrats present the government with a petition signed by hundreds of residents who are demanding that the tax be axed.
Lib Dems on Bedford Borough Council are calling for support from all councillors to implement the findings of a new review of recycling services, in particular in ironing out the problems that occurred when the 3 stream recycling was rolled out last April across one third of the Borough. The 3 stream system: orange bags, green bins or bags and usual black bins, is due to be extended to the other households in the Borough this October.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Peter Carroll has condemned Michael Howard's decision to embark on a glitzy tour of UK cities today. Whilst he is busy launching his party's European campaign, his constituency's fate will be decided in the House of Commons.
Today's announcement that Torbay's Council Tax rise is to be capped by the Government was condemned by Totnes Parliamentary Candidate Mike Treleaven as an admission of failure. Commenting shortly after the announcement he said:
Serena Tierney, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Mid Sussex and Norman Baker, Liberal Democrat MP for Lewes, delivered a giant postcard to the Prime Minister at 10 Downing Street urging him to end unwanted post office closures.