Shepway Liberal Democrats would like to offer our condolences to Folkestone Town Councillor Richard Theobold and his family on the hugely sad loss of his wife Odette, who died on 27th February. Our thoughts are with them at this time.
Rochdale Liberal Democrats are paying for an extra police officer for every township in the borough. The scheme was included in the Lib Dems extra spending proposals and was passed at the recent budget council meeting. This means that under the Lib Dem proposals Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough and Rochdale Police Stations will see an extra officer on the beat.
Rochdale Borough Council has agreed a 3.8% council tax increase in 2008/09.
The new GP contract in England has cost the Government £1.76bn more than predicted in its first three years but productivity has fallen, according to a report by the National Audit Office. The spending watchdog also said that primary care trusts had not used powers to force better access for patients.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Monday 3rd March) condemned 12 000 job cuts at the Department for Work and Pensions, which they said would impact on services to the most vulnerable.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Sunday 2nd March) strongly backed calls by the President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Malcolm Bruce MP, that local authorities and health boards should get much more of their income from taxes raised in their areas.