Yesterday Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell delivered a keynote speech at the Annual General Meeting of the CBI. Sir Menzies said "Underlying the Government's growing problems is a fundamentally flawed approach to management which rests on controlling everything from the centre."
Following a request by Dundee City Council LibDem Group Leader Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Council Leader Jill Shimi and Cllr Neil Powrie, a meeting with representatives of NHS Tayside including Chair Peter Bates and Chief Executive Gerry Marr has been held to discuss the new parking charges at Ninewells Hospital.
The five Cornish Liberal Democrat MPs have written to John Fingleton, Chief Executive of the Office of Fair Trading (OFT), demanding a statement about the continuing scandal of banks ripping off their customers with unlawful default charges to the tune of billions of pounds each year.
Matthew Taylor, one of the Liberal Democrats' most experienced MPs, has rejoined the Party's Shadow Cabinet. His role is to beef up and coordinate policies for poorer communities, as Shadow Minister for Social Exclusion.
TWO new flat developments are set to spring up in Buckhurst Hill despite opposition from residents and councillors who say developers are ruining the town.
Local MP Tim Farron is supporting moves to get a new bridge built to replace the unsafe bridges over the railway line in Grange.