Residents of some blocks of flats run by Wolverhampton Homes have told Springvale's Liberal Democrat Councillors that their flats look just as if they were in Beirut. Wolverhampton Homes insist on health and safety grounds that communal hallways should be clear of anything that may burn and residents have had to get rid of carpets and curtains they had put in to smarten up communal areas. Yet nearby in Dudley Borough no such rules apply!
Following a Lib Dem council motion it has now been announced that this year a Credit Union will come to aid financially hard-pressed borough residents.
As always at these events, I learn something about a charity that I didn't know before. Apparently it costs £49,000 to breed and train a Guide Dog for the Blind and cover all the costs throughout their life. I had no idea that the charity covers all food, care and medical costs for the dogs, so no wonder they depend on charitable giving.
Welcoming the coalition government's announcement that wheel clamping on private land is to be banned, Serena Tierney, Lib Dem Parliamentary Campaigner for Mid Sussex said:
Today I made a speech about how the Coalition government is building a fairer society in Britain. Both David Cameron and I have always made it clear that we are governing Britain for the long term, not for tomorrow's headlines.
Prime Minister David Cameron has been challenged to show the same enthusiasm in tackling people who cheat on their taxes as he has on those guilty of Benefit fraud.