Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats are calling on the Borough Council to step in and ensure residents are given a choice of an extra bin or bags for recycling in the wake of the County Council's reckless decision to withdraw the orange recycling bags.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Liberal Democrat Councillor for the West End, today (Friday 4th January) launched his January 2008 update to West End Community Council.
The William Harvey Hospital in Ashford has closed two wards to new admissions after an outbreak of winter vomiting disease. Patients have been struck down by the norovirus, which causes acute sickness and diarrhoea.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg is to establish an independent Commission on Social Mobility, to be chaired by Martin Narey, Chief Executive of Barnardo's and the Chair of the End Child Poverty Coalition. The commission will investigate the reasons for Britain's apparently low levels of social mobility and recommend policy changes to enable children from disadvantaged backgrounds to fulfil their full potential. Current evidence suggests that social mobility is currently lower in the UK than in most western democracies.
Springvale Liberal Democrats are delivering their first Focus for 2008 to over 5000 homes in the Ward. Focus 189 can be read in PDF for by looking in the Download area of this site in the Springvale section
Following a letter by a resident in Lushes Road, The Liberal Democrat FOCUS Team has written to London Transport to ask for a bus shelter with seats to be installed opposite the Winston Churchill pub.
