The pressure on Bedford Borough Council's Mayor and Cabinet to remove the charge on council tax payments at the Post Office has increased further after a meeting of the full council backed a Lib Dem motion calling for its abolition.
Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr David Kendall won cross party support for his motion at Wednesday's Full Council meeting calling for greater support for blind and partially sighted people in meeting the extra mobility costs they face.
Saturday 11 October: Freedom Not Fear 2008 - International action day
Rochdale's MP Paul Rowen has hit out the Government, saying that they have failed to do anything for unemployed people in Falinge.
Well-known Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik joined Councillor Ann Haigh and a team of campaigners outside Loughton Station handing out surveys to find out how the current economic situation is affecting the life of residents in Epping Forest.
Commenting on the £50 million Kent County Council had deposited in now collapsed Icelandic banks, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Folkestone and Hythe, Neil Matthews, commented:
