Chinese Lib Dems have once again come together with Liberal International British Group to organise a joint event for their members. Martin Jacques, author of "When China Rules the World" will be speaking on China's growing influence and strength and what this may mean for other countries on Monday 23 May.
Our parliamentary spokesman Dr Jon Underwood, also a candidate for the local elections, has attacked claims in Conservative leaflets. "I've been amazed by the stuff the Tories have had the cheek to put out. Their Axminster leaflet explicitly says they Resisted Labour's inflated development targets. Actually the Tories increased the number of houses developers were allowed to build even beyond the massive number the unlamented Labour government required. We guarantee there will be: NO concrete on opens spaces. A lie so blatant it is simply absurd. They have already given permission for massive new developments in Axminster and at West Clyst, both on open green fields. How are these not open spaces exactly?
On Saturday, deputy prime minister Nick Clegg delivered a speech at an AV rally in Norwich in which he set out the deficiencies of our democracy, and the reasons why AV - combined with other political reforms in the pipeline - will start to fix those problems.
In an extremely embarrasing letter to councillors, Tory Leader of the Council Cllr Louise McKinlay has been forced to admit that transferring Brentwood's highways function to Harlow has not worked. The letter admits a number of key failings, including:
I am sure you will agree that these are difficult times for people across Britain. Labour's financial legacy has left Britain needing to borrow an extra £400million, every single day, just to get by. Labour also left us paying £120million in interest on our debt each and every day - for that we could build a new primary school every hour. Wolverhampton's share of the country's debt now stands at a dangerous £8.38billion and something needs to be done.
