A senior Islington Labour councillor has been accused by local Liberal Democrats of supporting a councillor who was kicked out of office for making a false statement about an opponent's personal character and conduct for electoral advantage.
Local MP Tim Farron is issuing a call to arms in the fight to stop the hospital trust from closing medical emergency wards at Westmorland General Hospital. Mr Farron is writing to the thousands of people in his constituency who have signed petitions against the closures and urging them to write to members of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee, who have the power to refer the closure plans to the Independent NHS Reconfiguration Panel. More than 28,000 people signed the petition.
Local MP Tim Farron was today re-elected as the Vice Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Dementia at their annual general meeting in the House of Commons. The group has recently conducted an inquiry into the use of anti-psychotic drugs on elderly people in care homes.
Bedford Lib Dem parliamentary candidate, Henry Vann has criticised the Labour peer Lord Darzi's NHS "next stage review" in which new plans were set out for the health service.
LABOUR MP Doug Henderson has been accused of hypocrisy after fighting to save local post offices in Newcastle while backing the controversial closure programme at Westminster.
Hundreds of hauliers are travelling to London today to demonstrate against the rising cost of fuel, with Shepway Councillor Peter Carroll one of the organisers of the demonstration.
