Following the resignation of a Tory Councillor there was a by-election in the Pilgrims Hatch ward on Brentwood District Council. Liberal Democrat David Kendall stormed to victory picking up the seat.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 2nd March) gave their support to news that the Scottish Liberal Democrat Environment Minister Ross Finnie MSP is to take action to reduce carrier bag use by a quarter.
The Independent reports that the proposed expansion of Lydd Airport is "threatening the oldest reserve under the management of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds". Read the article in full at
The Spring Liberal Democrat Federal Conference begins tomorrow (Friday) in Harrogate. DELGA will be there with a stall in the exhibition - stall number 1 - and we look forward to seeing many of our members and supporters there over the three days of the conference.
Eastleigh Borough council have set an ambitious target for a Zero-Carbon Eastleigh Council by 2012 in order to tackle Climate Change. Climate change predictions are for hotter, drier summers with the possibility that Eastleigh could hit 40 degrees Centigrade by the middle of the century.
Lib Dems from across the region came to the Spring Conference in Scarborough last week and agreed unanimously that the conference had been a huge success. The 2007 Spring Conference was held at Westborough Methodist Church and was attended by some 150 delegates from across Yorkshire and Humberside.
