This afternoon, local MP Tim Farron held a meeting in Kendal with national Post Office bosses about plans to close Kendal's crown post office and move it into the much smaller WHSmith store.
Violent crime has risen by 16% in Gloucestershire in the past year, latest Home Office figures show.
SPRING CONFERENCE ...
Responding to the latest official figures which have revealed a 19% rise in violent crime recorded by police in England and Wales, Bedford Borough Liberal Democrat Policing Spokesperson Sarah Gallagher said "We are facing an epidemic of violent crime. Behind these shocking figures lies hundreds of tragedies of young lives cut short. All Conservative Ministers have done is make things worse.
On Tuesday it became clear that Conservative-run Surrey Council Council are planning to increase Council Tax while continuing to pursue deeply unpopular plans to cut essential public services including closing 31 Children's Centres and 4 community recycling centres; scrapping certain concessionary bus passes; making savage cuts to library and cultural services; and cutting spending on special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In spite of these cuts and tax increases, it is made clear in the report continuing the proposals that the financial future of the council is bleak.
Lib Dem councillors were left shocked at a meeting last night to see the Conservative administration propose a 20% increase for...