This week, Bedford Borough Community Safety Partnership is running a 'Week of Action' in the Midland Road and Tavistock Street areas.
The Liberal Democrats in Bucks, Berks, Hants, Oxon and the Isle of Wight make up the South Central Region.
Local MP and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Radiotherapy Tim Farron says that new money allocated by the Government for cancer treatment should be spent on improving radiotherapy services to help tackle the UK's poor survival rates.
Commenting on the Inquiry into the contaminated blood scandal, which heard today how successive Prime Minister's had denied to accept any responsibility, former Liberal Democrat Health Minister Norman Lamb said "It is disgraceful that victims of the contaminated blood scandal have had to fight so hard, for so long, in order to get a full and open and inquiry, and the compensation they deserve. It is vital that the inquiry maintains its commitment to explore these crucial questions in a truly robust and independent manner, and that it delivers a fair outcome for the victims."
Local Issues:
Hft has welcomed the Local Government Association's (LGA) "The lives we want to lead" green paper as an important start to the conversation on social care funding. In its response. The charity calls for the conversation to move beyond simply focusing on elderly care, and for greater inclusion of people supported by social care services, and those who support them, in the decisions that affect them.