This scheme is now termed the 'Princes Road Scheme'. Northumbrian Water had originally intended to complete the feasibility study in June this year. However, their thinking has required closer working with the Environment Agency (EA) to understand the impact of their initial proposals for discharging surface water into the Ouseburn and on river levels downstream. The EA has consultants working on this.
Epsom & Ewell's Lib Dem Focus teams are in the process of rolling out a survey on local issues to 12,000 households in Epsom and Ewell. This is the largest survey they have conducted so far.
A cancer campaigner from Burton in Kendal met with South Lakes MP Tim Farron at a major event in Parliament staged to highlight the importance of detecting the disease early.
The Full Agenda for the Devon & Cornwall and Western Counties Joint Regional Conference is now available on this site, and shows an exciting range of debates, presentations and speakers.
We all need to distinguish between the current coalition government and the Liberal Democrats. Coalition policy is a compromise; the Lib Dems did not win the general election, so we cannot deliver all our manifesto commitments. Lib Dem policy is still determined by the membership at party conference, not by the coalition government. If we win at the next general election, we will implement Lib Dem policy. In the meantime, like it or not, we are the junior partners in this coalition, with 57 MPs to the Conservatives' 306.
An email from Shepway District Council Leader Robert Bliss has arrived today, telling Councillors about the death of Lydd District and Romney Marsh County Councillor Willie Richardson. Willie has fought a long fight against cancer, but tragically died in the early hours of Monday morning.
