Out of £40,000 provided by the City Council in its budget for improvement to Community Safety for the city, local Lib Dem Councillors secured £20,000 to be used in St. Matthew's Estate, which has been identified as one of the most deprived areas in Leicester.
The local Labour Party has accused the Lib Dems of being soft on crime and producing a "Thugs Charter". Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats hit back saying that the accusations were wrong and in fact Labour had failed to back a Lib Dem initiative to increase sentences for carrying knives.
Local residents Peggy Ayre and Pat Brooks are, the best choice to be our new town councillors.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Dundee's LibDem Finance Convener, today (Friday 14th April) said he was pleased that the Herald newspaper had highlighted his - and Dundee City Council's - unease at investment by local authority pension schemes in the multi-million pound tobacco industry.
North West shops are being helped to remove dangerous toys and electrical products from sale thanks to an EU-wide consumer protection scheme.
After years of waiting, many local residents are angry at how long the Conservative controlled county council is taking to sort out Epping's parking problems.