Residents are outraged at the news that a further eighteen post offices in Leicestershire are set to close - with the axe hanging over a further six. The latest savage cuts under the Labour Government's closure programme will hit local communities hard.
Following a disastrous set of European election results, the Conservatives have already been written off in the Leicester South by-;election by the press.
Many students at Leicester's universities look set to miss out on voting against Labour's top up fees as a result of the timing of the Leicester South by-election.
Spinney Hills Lib Dem councillors Mussa Saleh, Hashim Panchbaya and Mustafa Karim have been taking action to deal with concerns expressed by local residents about traffic and highways issues in the area. This includes a review of the one-way system and traffic calming schemes which deteriorated under the previous Labour council and are damaging cars.
Reports in today's press that Defence Secretary, Geoff Hoon, will be announcing the closure of the Royal Britannia Naval College in Dartmouth were greeted with dismay by Totnes Liberal Democrat, Mike Treleaven. Speaking today he said:
Within the Mid Sussex District area the Lib Dem share of the vote, as elsewhere, increased since the 1999 Euro election. Both sitting MEP's, Chris Huhne and Emma Nicholson were comfortably re-elected.