The Eurozone Crisis - Some Lib Dem Comments
The gathering Eurozone crisis - particularly the dramatic summit on Friday when David Cameron dug his heels in - has generated a variety of comments from Lib Dem spokespeople.
11 Dec 2011
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Icelandic update
Before the Icelandic banks collapsed Wiltshire Council 'invested' £12million at interest rates which were literally too good to be true. However thanks to the work of the Local Government Association much of the money lost by Wiltshire and other foolish councils is set to be returned. The county put £9m into Heritable Bank and £3m into Landsbanki.
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9 Feb 2012
A Liberal Democrat success story
A partnership with a private sector company, set up by Chesterfield Borough Council when controlled by the Liberal Democrats, has just won a major national award for the quality of the service it provides for Chesterfield residents.The private sector partner, Arvato, has provided such back office services as revenues, accounts and information-technology for Chesterfield residents since the partnership was agreed by the then Liberal Democrat Council in October 2010. Now, just over a year later, it has won the accolade of ' 'Public Sector Outsourcing Project of the Year' for the quality of its work. The agreement saves just over £400,000 a year for Chesterfield Council Tax payers, protects the jobs of all the staff involved for the 10 year life of the contract, guarantees that the jobs will remain based in Chesterfield - and provides over £1 million of investment for modernising Borough Council equipment and facilities. Cllr Ray Russell ( Liberal Democrat Leader of the Borough Council when the agreement was sig
10 Dec 2011
Council meetings could be webcast
Wiltshire Council is thinking about the introduction of web casting for some meetings of the council. WC says there might be: "transparency and reputational benefits to the council."
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9 Dec 2011
MP welcomes sheep tagging win but calls for further concessions
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed news that the government has secured an agreement that 8 million sheep born before 1 January 2010 will not be required to be electronically tagged until 31 December 2014 at the earliest. However, Tim has cautioned that much more must be done to tackle the huge burdens brought on farmers by unnecessary electronic sheep tagging rules.
9 Dec 2011
Farron signs NUJ postcard as part of save BBC local radio campaign
Cumbrian MP, Tim Farron, has signed the National Union of Journalists' (NUJ) campaign postcard in response to the BBC's 'Delivering Quality First' consultation.
9 Dec 2011