Rochdale is to welcome a brand new service dedicated to gaining resident's views and suggestions on health and social care issues. Voices4Wellbeing is a new Local Involvement Network (LINK) organisation that is asking Rochdale resident's with an interest in health and social care issues to come forward.
Brentwood's Liberal Democrats are calling it a "victory for the people" after the Conservative administration running Brentwood Borough Council decided to do a major U-turn on their plans for a Leader and Cabinet system of local government in Brentwood.
The Liberal Democrats are urging ministers to clear up the uncertainty"about hundreds of millions of pounds councils invested in Iceland's banks. Kent County Council is reported by the BBC (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7659783.stm) to have up to £50m in Iceland-based banks including Landbanksi or Heritable, which was run by Landbanksi.
A full list of all sites proposed for development under the the process for setting the framework for development in the Borough until 2021 has now been published.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have slammed last night's decision of Bedford Borough Council to proceed with the project to build a giant incinerator near Stewartby. The plans will now be submitted to the Government with the support of Bedford Borough Council. The decision was made in spite of forceful opposition from the Liberal Democrats on the Council's Implementation Executive, who set out the key reasons why they believe the project must not go ahead.
At Prime Minister's Questions, Nick Clegg asks for more detail on plans for coherent EU and international action, and urges tax cuts for struggling families
