Surrey County Council's Conservatives delivered a kick in the teeth to local residents and businesses when they voted against accepting the on-line e-petition with 26,289 signatures calling for the County Council to abandon plans for on-street parking charges, in what was clearly a heavily whipped vote.
On May 5th 2011 Cllr Sam Li was successfully re-elected to Lewes Town Council for a historic third term.
If you have visited a Kent hospital in the last few months, then the Kent LINk (Kent Local Involvement Network) would like to hear about your experiences, good and bad. Please take a few minutes to complete their online questionnaire, which can be accessed from the home page of their website www.thekentlink.co.uk or by going directly to http://www.thekentlink.co.uk/hospital-feedback.html
Hinckley and Bosworth Liberal Democrats win control of th council again ...
Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats held onto one seat and lost two others in the local elections.
Cornwall's three Liberal Democrat MPs have paid tribute to Councillor Doris Ansari who has announced she will be standing down as Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Cornwall Council. She was first elected to Truro City Council in 1971 and joined the former Cornwall County Council in 1980. Doris became the Leader of the 38 strong Liberal Democrat Group at County Hall when the Council first moved to a unitary council in 2009.