Following concerns that Kent County Council was now asking for the return of a grant of £10,000 toward the cost of Hythe's new Sports Pavilion, Neil Matthews, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Spokesman for Folkestone and Hythe, contacted Chris Metherell, KCC's
Speaking this morning, on the second anniversary of the Grayrigg rail accident, local MP Tim Farron said:
Next week an exhibition begins to appraise and consider management plans for the five hospital cluster Conservation Areas. These areas were created when three former hospitals were developed for residential housing, with two more due for development in the coming years.
The borough council is to host a public meeting on Epsom General Hospital on Wednesday 4th March at 7.30 pm in the council chamber.
One of the topics debated at this weekend's Liberal Democrat Regional Conference in Bradford was the need for more sport in schools to combat childhood obesity. The debate, chaired by Scarborough and Whitby PPC Tania Exley-Moore, produced some heated discussion about how the Labour Government have failed children in this country. Delgates argued that the main failure in Labour's approach to education was that millions of children left primary school failing to achieve basic levels of literacy and numeracy. It was felt that this was a direct result of the narrowing of the national curriculum and the over-emphasis on testing.
Liberal Democrats at County Hall today proposed an amendment to the budget asking for a 2% increase in Council Tax.