According to the Local Government Association, half of the blue badges in London are being abused. What needs to be done to restore the credibility of a scheme that was originally designed to make life easier for disabled people?
Park Ward Liberal Democrats are delivering an new A3 Focus across the ward. The main stories are: Campaign for kerb side collection of plastic waste,
Shepway District Council is charging two of its tenants, both of whom are in their 80s, over £70 each for changing the locks to their properties after they had suffered a terrifying attack late last year.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Gary Fuller was shocked to discover that one of the windows in his flat had been vandalised this week. Gary's central Folkestone flat had a window broken - despite being on the first floor. Commenting on the discovery of a crack in his bedroom window, he said:
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Sunday 18th February) applauded yesterday's keynote speech by Nicol Stephen MSP, Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader, in which he said the party would "to take the next major step forward".
A campaign by Cheriton residents and the Liberal Democrats has at least partially paid off after Shepway Council decided, for now, not to proceed with the sale of the area of land between Weymouth Road and the Bowls Club.