Residents across Leicester and Leicestershire are signing petitions and handing out leaflets as they battle Government plans to close 25 post offices across the county which is part of a nationwide cost-cutting programme.
Mrs Baum, will be presented with the Citizen of the Month Award for November when she has tea with the Lord Mayor.
The East Park Focus Team has started to deliver the Ward's November-December Focus. Team leader Darren Friel said "There are many issues for us to deal with in East Park. In this Focus we are highlighting parking problems especially near schools and housing issues. We are also inviting residents to make their views known about they way they would like their Council Tax spent so that they can help us influence next year's Council budget."
Personal details on every child in Essex including their name, date of birth, school, GP and parent's contact details, will be collected and stored on a government database - except the children of politicians and the rich and famous who are explicitly excluded. Liberal Democrats at Essex County Council have called for a full council debate on this project, named ContactPoint, which the group says is an unnecessary intrusion into the privacy of many children and their parents.
Acting Liberal Democrat leader Vince Cable has urged ministers to say where "the buck stops" over the loss of 25 million child benefit records. He told the Commons that HM Customs and Revenue chairman Paul Gray had resigned as a "matter of honour" but ministers had "declined to do so". He accused Gordon Brown of creating "dysfunctional organisation and systems" when chancellor.
Commenting on the news today that HM Revenue and Customs has lost the financial details of more than 20 million people, local MP Tim Farron drew attention to the fact that at this time the Treasury should be looking towards consistency, rather than consolidation of offices. Mr Farron has uncovered suggestions that the HMRC office in Kendal will be consolidated into a large regional office, meaning significant job losses and inconvenience for people using the existing office.