Farron speaks to Kendal College students about life as an MP
This week South Lakes MP, Tim Farron spoke to students from Kendal College about his journey to becoming an MP and his thoughts on what the role entails.
11 Nov 2010
National News
Could you be a local Councillor?
There are "all-out" elections to Shepway District Council and all Town and Parish Councils in the Shepway area in May 2011. "All-out" means that all of the Council seats on those Councils will be up for election at the same time. Have you ever considered being a Councillor?
10 Nov 2010
Cameron and Cable in China
Prime Minister Cameron has just completed his first historic official trip to China, along with his business secretary Vince Cable, his Minister for Education Michael Gove and Minister for the Environment, Chris Huhne. We understand that an estimated £2b of deals were signed over the course of 2 days and these range from sale of Rolls Royce engines to collaboration on training of Mandarin teachers and transfer of green technology and strategies for tackling climate change.
10 Nov 2010
12,000 signatures IS a ludicrously high target
The Kent Messenger's Political Correspondent Paul Francis has written in his blog today (http://tinyurl.com/3yju3j2) about the Kent County Council E-petitions scheme. He calls the 12,000 signatures required for a County wide issue to be debated by the Council "Kent E-Petitions "a ludicrously high target". He's right - which is why the Kent County Lib Dem Group tried to halve that figure to 6,000 when the e-petitions scheme was introduced.
10 Nov 2010
Lib Dems leading the fight against unfair bank charges - Burt
Co-chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Business, Innovation and Skills Committee, Lorely Burt has been invited to advise the Coalition Government on introducing fairer banking practices.
10 Nov 2010
Baroness Falkner to speak at HSLD Conference
Baroness Kishwer Falkner has been confirmed as the keynote speaker for HSLD's one day conference in London on Saturday 20th November.
10 Nov 2010