TODAY the Gazette exposes the scandal of how "shoddy care" by Essex social services is isolating a disabled couple in their own home, placing them in a "life or death situation".
Local MP Tim Farron has welcomed a Department for Communities and Local Government consultation into community land trusts, but has criticised the amount of time it has taken the government to get to this stage.
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The Liberal Democrats today attacked the Government's latest bank bailout. Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor, Vince Cable, said that without a thorough review of all the assets that are being underwritten, ministers were effectively writing a blank cheque to the banks.
Ex Liberal Democrat leader, Paddy Ashdown will be coming to Leicester in May.
Paul Rowen MP plans to grill the health secretary after an increase in the number of births has caused extra panic about declining maternity services.
Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield Paul Holmes has today slammed the Government for their weak response to the economic crisis, following the publication of unemployment figures that show that like for like (comparing December 2008 to December 2007) unemployment has risen in Chesterfield by 37%.
