Rochdale MP Paul Rowen has been joined by Liberal Democrat Colleagues including fellow Greater Manchester MPs Mark Hunter (Cheadle) and John Leech (Manchester Withington) in the fight to save local BBC community radio programmes in Greater Manchester, including "Gaytalk" - currently the BBC's only regular lesbian, gay & bisexual community programme.
Earlier this week, West End LibDem Councillor Fraser Macpherson delivered a letter to all residents in Roseangle (and adjacent streets) updating them on the continued road disruption in the street.
Shepway Lib Dem Party Chairman Tim Prater has written to the Head of the Labour Local Government Unit to ask her views on Folkestone and Hythe's Labour Party's recent attack on Folkestone Town Council.
The Cheriton by-election on 23 March will be amongst the last ever held under current local election polling hours (8am-9pm). Parliament has voted to extend local election polling hours to be the same as those for general elections - 7am to 10pm.
A £750, 000 scheme has been launched in order to improve public toilets throughout the city. Old and disused toilets are being knocked down and replaced with new blocks, whilst other toilets are being modernised.
Tony Blair's was forced to rely on Conservative MPs to force through his education bill introducing a new breed of trust schools independent from direct local authority control. The Liberal Democrats opposed the Bill as did a total of 52 Labour MPs, leaving the prime minister dependent on David Cameron's Conservatives to ensure the bill won its second reading with a majority of 343. Only weeks ago, loyalists such as Stephen Byers warned that Mr Blair's position would be untenable if he had to rely on Tory votes to win the measure.
