The Liberal Democrats have soured Gordon Brown's honeymoon, slashing the Labour majority in both the Ealing Southall and Sedgefield by-elections.
Lib Dems in Scarborough and Whitby are speaking out against plans announced by the North East Yorkshire NHS Trust to cut 600 jobs. Local Lib Dems have been campaigning for months against the gradual erosion of services at Scarborough and Whitby Hospitals. Councillor Rob Broadley of Whitby said "First we have seen the demise of maternity services in Whitby, then the disappearance of the Pain Clinic in Scarborough. It was only a matter of time before the PCT were forced by ridiculous government targets to axe jobs".
Local Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Tania Exley-Moore has welcomed plans unveiled by the Liberal Democrats to reduce the basic rate of income tax to 16p, and scrap the council tax, benefiting millions of people on low and middle incomes.
Nigel Bakhai and the Liberal Democrats have slashed the Labour majority in Ealing Southall to just 5,070 votes. The Tories, despite the personal intervention of David Cameron, trailed home in third, picking up 22% of the vote.
Lib Dem activists from Scarborough and Whitby have been working hard in both Sedgefield and Ealing in the run-up to yesterday's important by-elections. Lib Dems from across the country worked to help the party achieve swings from both the Labour and Conservative Parties in both these by-elections. Whilst Gordon Brown managed to hang on to these Labour safe seats, his party's majority was slashed.
The three Liberal Democrat councillors in Pilgrims Hatch are calling on Essex County Council and Brentwood Borough Council to take urgent action to improve the Sandpit Lane junction with the Ongar Road which is one of the worst accident black spots in the Borough.