More than 300 dangerous criminals would have walked free under the Conservatives' policy on Europe, according to research by the Liberal Democrats. Conservative MEPs voted against the European Arrest Warrant (EAW), which has slashed extradition times across the EU from an average of eighteen months to just 43 days.
A FURTHER call asking Royal Borough residents to support a council worker in a national competition has been made.
Rochdale's Paul Rowen has criticised the Government by claiming that the £100 million, they recently announced for maternity services in Greater Manchester was '…partly to cover up for incompetence.' The Government claims that they are giving an 'extra' £100 million but already £40 million will be swallowed up by health bosses overspending their budget for maternity services in Greater Manchester."
On June 4th you will get the chance to vote for our East Midlands representatives on the European Parliament. Our local MEP Bill Newton Dunn is the most experienced of all British MEP's and has lived in the region for over 30 Years.
The Lib Dems are continuing to call for improvements to the local bus network.
The number 33 bus, which has been threatened with the axe, has been saved for the next 12 months.