Local MP, Tim Farron is today urging Ministers to allow farmers to move livestock between farms as soon as possible, this move is essential for animal welfare and to prevent overgrazing and damage to our countryside landscape. Secondly, Mr Farron is calling for general animal movement restrictions to be relaxed on a regional basis to enable sales to take place.
Liberal Democrat MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Hill Farming Group Tim Farron has today urged DEFRA Ministers to ensure that the promised top up of the Hill Farm Allowance following the foot and mouth outbreak this summer will be issued to farmers as soon as possible. The Rural Payments Agency recently confirmed that the payments would be made by the end of October.
A city council project being piloted in Lemington, Denton and Woolsington has won a national award.
Local Conservatives are reeling from the resignation of one of their leading councillors.
Chesterfield MP Paul Holmes and Council Leader Ray Russell took a guided tour around the inside of the new Staveley Healthy Living Centre on Friday.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Saturday 22nd September) gave their backing to calls by Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Nicol Stephen MSP for the party to play a leading role in the campaign for more powers for the Scottish Parliament.