Last Wednesday, the Conservatives passed their budget with £79 million in cuts over the next four years, £30 million of which haven't yet been identified. They've even had to drop their trademark policy of freezing council tax - they're planning yearly rises of 1.5% starting from next year.
At last night's meeting of Rochdale Council which set the budget for 2013/14, the main proposals in the Lib dems alternative budget were:
Lakes MP Tim Farron has today secured over three quarters of a million pounds for councils throughout Cumbria.
MP Tim Farron is urging people to get involved in the Kendal Torchlight Team 2013 to make sure the event takes place this year and is sustained.
David and Henry have introduced no loading restrictions at the east end of Barnstaple Road. These have helped improve safety...
Earlier in the month I wrote on here about the all-party support for our 2013/14 Council budget, which in tough times saves services for residents, freezes annual Council tax once again and invests in schools and infrastructure. The budget was the subject of my monthly article in the Times and Citizen newspaper, which appeared in last week's edition. If you didn't see it, here's the full piece: