Shepway's bid to be considered for one of the 8 new "large" or "small" casinos that will be licenced nationwide has failed. The shortlist for potential sites has been announced today, and the Folkestone Seafront site has lost out to bids from competing authorities including Hastings and Dartford.
The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs team today applied to renew their passports to prevent their details from being added to the ID cards database. Locally, Shepway Lib Dem Chair and Treasurer and Anti-ID Card campaigners, Tim Prater & Darren Briddock, have also applied to renew their passport in protest at the new ID card scheme.
The Liberal Democrat Home Affairs team - Nick Clegg MP, Lynne Featherstone MP and Mark Hunter MP - today applied to renew their passports to prevent their details from being added to the ID cards database.
Responding to statistics released today by the Equal Opportunities Commission, Liberal Democrat Women and Equalities Spokesperson, Solihull MP Lorely Burt, has called on the Government to ensure that the Equality Bill establishes laws that promote sex equality.
Local MP Tim Farron has congratulated Sedbergh becoming England's first book town by proposing a motion in Parliament.
Discussions about setting up a Community Land Trust for South Lakeland will be on the table this Friday. Local MP Tim Farron and Housing Cabinet Member Cllr Brenda Gray will meet Graham Lattice from the Community Land Trusts national office.
