St Peter's Liberal Democrats have started to deliver their January Focus. The main stories are: Anger at dumping, Improvements to Glentworth Gardens, Lib Dems vote to save EKTA Centre. You can find a PDF version in the 2010 part of the St. Peter's section of the Download area of this site.
The Labour controlled City Council ran up an £11.5 million bill in consultancy costs last year, including paying one £1,625 for just a day's work.
South Lakeland MP Tim Farron has encouraged local farmers to "go-green" and reduce their impact on the environment by signing up for energy efficiency loans.
As a prospective MP for North Wiltshire I welcome the statement from the Wiltshire Islamic Cultural Centre condemning the proposal to march through Wootton Bassett by Islam4UK. I join their condemnation.
I don't know how many of you have been to North Finchley Post Office recently. They have introduced a "no queue "system. You take a ticket and wait for your number to be called. On Monday I went to renew my Freedom Pass. The last time I was there I had a twenty minute wait, just to buy stamps. This time I took my ticket, number 181. The current number being dealt with was 120! Sixty one customers were in front of me. Forty five minutes later and after doing my shopping in the High Road my number came up. The whole set up is almost surreal. You really do need to go there and see for your self. To be fair to the staff they are doing their best. One of them confided they were as fed up as everyone else. This is what happens when all the local post offices close. Another policy this Government has to answer for.
The research doesn't support David Cameron's thesis - and most people think there are better targets for tax breaks.