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Labour needs a decisive break with the past, so their new leader should be one of Gordon Brown's old Treasury ministers." #Burnham or #Cooper

Farron expresses concern for BBC journalists

Leadership contender and Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tim Farron MP, has given his full support to BBC journalist Mark Lobel and his colleagues who have been arrested in Qatar.

Darwen Town Council website in a shambles

Darwen Town Council website has been criticised for not knowing who their Town Councillors are. On their website it lists as the Whitehall Town Councillors, David & Karimeh Foster. In fact they are not on the Town Council but on the Borough Council. The Town Councillors are John East and Vicky Rothwell. They also list John Roberts as a Town Councillor in Marsh House when in fact it should be Simon Huggill. It does not even tell you when the Town Council Meetings are, or let you access the minutes.

Cllr Douglas McCall Re-elected MK Lib Dem Leader

Cllr Douglas McCall, has been re-elected Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Milton Keynes Council.

Disability hate crime must be taken seriously

"I want to make sure other people don't go through what I did. That's why, even though it's hard and painful, I'll always speak out." - Nicky Nicky's flat was vandalised, her fuse box tampered with and she was called names when she left the house. Too scared to go home, she started living on a friend's sofa. Despite reporting it all to the police, nothing was done.

My name is Ian Bradwell and I am standing for Westminster in Leicester West

I always thought I was a normal human being.