Last Thursday the Government published their much heralded White Paper on Local Government. Liberal Democrats at North Yorkshire County Council have called it a wasted opportunity, as it fails to tackle most of the key issues affecting local government.
Liberal Democrats at County Hall are alarmed that the Conservative-controlled County Council has made no response to the Government's nuclear power consultation.
Hertfordshire Liberal Democrats have been angered by the refusal of the Labour Government to provide proper compensation for the failed mergers which they tried to force on to local people.
A campaign has been launched with the aim of improving the education offered to children with autism. It is claimed many youngsters fail to receive what they need and are misunderstood and confused.
The amount the government spends on mental health and learning disability services in NI should double within the next 20 years, a review has found. The Bamford Review, to report later, was set up to examine how services for people with mental illness or learning disabilities could be improved.
Kent Police have lost £52,000 of the money they spent preparing for the force mergers which abandoned in July. The mergers were opposed by the Liberal Democrats and the dropping of the merger plans welcomed. It has now been revealed that of the total £152,042 that Kent Police spent on preparing for the merger, only £100,000 will be refunded by the Government.
