South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed the news that thousands more cancer patients in England will get the life-extending drugs their doctors recommend thanks to an extra £400 million invested in the Cancer Drugs Fund.
Liberal Democrat members of Warwickshire County Council have expressed disappointment at the announcements by the County's Conservative Leader on Thursday on the future shape of the Council, and how it should address budget cuts of £92 million over the next four years.
Lib Dem Cllr Philip Mynott has led the call for the Conservative's controversial annual accounts decision to be referred to the Overview & Scrutiny Committee.
Mayor Dave Hodgson's latest monthly article in the Times and Citizen newspaper highlighted the fact that reducing paediatric services at hospitals like Bedford was a recommendation of the discredited, abandoned Healthier Together programme, which the new NHS Commissioning Group have pledged to take forward. There is a real concern that the dreadful current crisis of lost services, which was caused by problems with the supervision of junior doctors, is being used to pursue an agenda of permanent cuts to the services available locally for children.
By Giles Goodall | LibDem Voice
By Giles Goodall | LibDem Voice