The Liberal Democrats on Surrey County Council have for many years regularly suggested that the County Council could make significant savings by reducing its reliance on costly agency staff by reducing the number of agency staff and using its own directly-employed staff instead. At last someone has listened.
The Westmorland Gazette's 'Gift of Life' campaign aimed at tackling the huge shortage of organ donors in Cumbria has been given the Parliamentary seal of approval, after South Lakeland MP Tim Farron tabled an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons calling on newspapers across the country to follow the Gazette's example
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has called on the new coalition Government to make the uplands a priority after the Tenant Farmers Association revealed that 90% of hill farmers who previously received Hill Farm Allowance (HFA) payments have not signed up to its successor scheme.
Rochdale's former MP Paul Rowen has called on the new Coalition Government to reconsider proposals to transfer Women's and Children's Services from Rochdale to Oldham.
Victims commissioner Bertha McDougall will raise the issue of police disability pensions when she meets the Justice Minister David Ford on Monday. Some officers, who were injured during the troubles, are claiming their pensions are being withdrawn unfairly.
LibDem Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Hugh O'Donnell has tabled a motion asking for an urgent review of employment and support allowance on the grounds that it is failing 'to work in the interests of the genuinely sick and disabled people of Central Scotland and the rest of the country.'