On 27 April, Chair of Chinese Lib Dems Merlene Emerson took part in a radio debate at the studio of Spectrum Radio in Battersea on the AV referendum. DJ and former MEP Candidate Steven Cheung and Joseph Wu of BC Project co-hosted the lively and at times heated hour and a half debate which will be broadcast over the weekend.
Residents of Wolverhampton backing a change to the voting system are stepping up their call for reform as the campaign to win the referendum goes into the final week.
Oh dear. You always know when the Tories are getting desperate at election time when you get a glossy leaflet through your door (this one entitled "SAFEGUARDING BRENTWOOD'S FUTURE") which is full of articles attacking the local Liberal Democrats.
Bedford is set to be at the forefront of the forthcoming electric car revolution, after it was confirmed that four charging posts will shortly be installed in public places around the town, with another four to follow. There will be two plug-in points on each post, which will be installed thanks to the Council's leading role in two joint bids for local areas to be amongst the first places where residents who wish to reduce the cost of running a car and their impact of the environment are able to consider the growing range of electric vehicles now coming onto the market. The first four new posts will be installed in the next few months, and with the electricity to be supplied through a sponsorship arrangement with renewable energy firm Ecotricity, the plug-in points will offer a real incentive for residents considering electric vehicles.
A widely-reported recent survey by the Press Association found that 59% of councils had scrapped weekly rubbish collections. The news that we're in a minority here in Bedford Borough may come as a surprise to some, but the retention of our weekly collections has been hard-won! You may recall that the Conservative Leadership of the former County Council tried to impose fortnightly collections on Bedford Borough households. I fought successfully alongside colleagues on the Borough Council to retain our weekly collections, and as Mayor, despite the financial pressures we have faced, I've found the savings to make sure we can save weekly collections. For example, instead of reducing the frequency of collections, we are reviewing the collection routes and will save over a quarter of a million pounds for local taxpayers by making them more efficient, with no impact on the level of service whatsoever. Meanwhile, our efforts to work with local residents to support them to recycle more has seen our recycling rate shoo
Following the successful local Liberal Democrat campaign to save bus services to Levens, Sedgwick and Natland South Lakeland MP, Tim Farron is hoping to build on the momentum of the campaign to restore bus services to Sedbergh, Dent and Hincaster.