North Yorkshire County Council is planning to formalise the appointment of two councillors as Young People's and Elderly Persons' "Champions" for the county. Each will be paid a special extra allowance of over £4000 a year.
The Conservative cabinet at Essex County Council has today (19 February) approved a new highways maintenance policy that will see potholes twice as deep and preventative work including drainage, neglected. And if you get an injury by tripping on a footpath or road, you are less likely to be awarded compensation from the council.
Liberal Democrats at County Hall have welcomed assurances from the leadership of the county council that it is prepared to look for further savings on county council overheads.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Monday 18th February) welcomed the Westminster Government's belated decision to temporarily nationalise the Northern Rock bank.
Newcastle North Parliamentary Campaigner Ron Beadle is launching a survey about noisy flights over North Walbottle, Throckley and Newburn Village.
The Government have published an early draft of the UK's infamous dossier on Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction. The document, by Foreign Office press chief John Williams, was an unpublished draft of the September 2002 dossier. The Foreign Office lost its appeal against a ruling the document be published under the Freedom of Information Act.