Charlotte Tobitt explains why the Tory MP arrested on suspicion of rape has not been named in the media. Liam Thorp on the errors that have led to Liverpool City Council's electricity bill going up by millions of pounds: "The report ... really needs to be read to be believed. It charts a remarkable catalogue of mistakes, failures and communication bypasses that have somehow led this cash-strapped council, already under government intervention, to add a further £5 million onto its electricity bill and potentially cost the city, its schools and its fire service a total added cost of £16 million.""The ...
The local paper in Banbury, in Oxfordshire, sings the praises of a newly elected Lib Dem councillor, David Hingley. When a note was posted through his door in Bodicote alerting him to a missing cat he set off for a walk round the village. And he found it a few streets away, safe and well, but lost. The cat's owner was delighted. David said "I was very pleased to be able to help reunite Poppy with her owner. It's one of my first acts as a new councillor for the ward. It's nice to already be giving back to the ...
The Independent reports that, at a Council meeting today, Lib Dem run Eastbourne Council will be the first to declare a cost of living emergency. [IMG: 🚨] #EASTBOURNE TO DECLARE 'COST OF LIVING EMERGENCY' [IMG: 🚨] [IMG: 📣] With the one of busiest Foodbanks in the country, I'm leading the charge to officially declare a 'Cost of Living Emergency' in my town. The government must act NOW to support struggling families [IMG: 👇] https://t.co/p6lxvXiJmU — Josh Babarinde OBE (@JoshBabarinde) May 18, 2022 You may well know Eastbourne as a prosperous south coast town, but much of the local economy derives ...
Yesterday Roger Roberts, Lord Roberts of Llandudno, spoke in the Lords debate on the Queen's Speech. It's not often that Glee Club gets a mention in Westminster, if indirectly. He said: My Lords, if we are not able to rely on Ministers and other parliamentarians to tell the truth, then reliable and acceptable government is impossible. The recent police notices to those who had previously denied breaking the pandemic control laws lead millions of people to question the truth on matters of greater importance like, perhaps, the crises in Ukraine or Afghanistan – those that are matters of life and ...
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Responding to inflation reaching 9%, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: "Families and pensioners on the brink need saving from soaring inflation but this Conservative government is nowhere to be found. "We need an emergency VAT cut now to slash prices at the till and fuel pump today. The warning lights are all flashing red and Boris Johnson hasn't a second to lose."
Manuela Perteghella has been selected by Liberal Democrat members as the new Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for Stratdford-on-Avon.
If we thought that the government had got a grip on the billions of pounds lost to fraud during that Covid pandemic, then we need to think again. The Independent reports that MPs have been warned that the "eye-watering" amount of taxpayers' money lost to fraudsters who exploited Covid support schemes could be even higher than previously feared. The paper says that the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has estimated that £4.9bn has been lost from loans issued to ineligible businesses during the pandemic. But the Public Accounts Committee said the total sum squandered "could go even ...
We are grateful to the residents who contacted us on Monday about the dreadful vandalism of a number of bus shelters along Blackness Road and Perth Road - see below : We raised this with both Police Scotland and the transportation team at the City Council; the latter to ensure that repairs are undertaken.
We had our Lib Dem Council group annual meeting in Gateshead last night. 3 new members and we are now a group of 15, up 2. I was reelected as Leader and Ron Beadle was reelected Deputy Leader. Just when I had nearly finished digging the escape tunnel to spend more time with my new farm! Thanks for your confidence in me, colleagues.
