Rochdale has marked St. Patrick's Day with the raising of the tricolour flag outside Rochdale Town Hall. The Borough's Mayor, Robin Parker, had the honour of raising the flag alongside event organiser Paddy Maguire as many local residents and Councillors turned out for the celebrations.
Cllr David Kendall has called on Brentwood Borough Council to give more support to local businesses and to designate an existing council officer specific responsibility for co-ordinating the Council's Economic action plan to help local residents and the business community during the current economic crisis.
Reacting to the formal decision taken on Wednesday of the Tory MEPs to leave the centre right European People\'s Party (EPP-ED) after the European elections in June, Andrew Duff MEP, Leader of the Liberal Democrat European Parliamentary Party, said:
Chris Hall and Maryfield Liberal Democrats would like to thank everyone who supported Chris at Thursday's by-election.
Spelthorne's budget for 2009/10 is under great pressure largely due to falling interest rates, but this is only part of the story. Many years of financial incompetence by the ruling Tory administration has led to a reliance on asset sales and high interest rate income - both of which have been hit by the economic recession.
Cllr David Kendall, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Brentwood & Ongar, has reacted with dismay at press reports that Conservative MP, Eric Pickles, is canvassing ex-pat residents in Majorca, with further trips planned across Europe as well as Dubai and the US.