Juice manufacturers will have to stick to stricter rules on the composition of fruit juices and ensure they stick to stricter labelling guidelines. Chelmsford's Lib Dem Euro MP Andrew Duff and colleagues voted yesterday for the "Fruit Juice directive" to improve the quality of drinks available across the European Union. It will make sure you know exactly which juices contain extra sugar or sweeteners.
The Conservative administration has created two extra panels on Brentwood council - with additional chair & vice-chair expenses totalling £12,448 of tax payers' money alone annually - plus additional costs of running a committee, such as staff overtime, which have not been released.
Mayor Dave Hodgson has made his latest campaign priority one to reduce the number of speeding cars in the Borough.
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats see yet another victory for equality in yesterday's unsuccessful attempt by Baroness O'Cathain to annul the legislation for civil partnerships to be celebrated in those religious premises which choose to do so.
At the Full Kent County Council meeting on 15th December, the Conservative run County Council voted to remove the post of Managing Director. In the debate on the proposal, which was voted against by the liberal Democrat and Labour groups, this is what I said:
The Court of Appeal has refused an application for permission to challenge a High Court decision over proposed demolition of Copsewood (The Pink Cottage) in Little Cheverell Conservation Area
