Andrew Stunell welcomes largest year-on-year drop in number of empty homes
Families across the country in need of a stable home could benefit from thousands of formerly long term empty homes being made...
10 Dec 2011
National News
A Liberal Democrat success story
A partnership with a private sector company, set up by Chesterfield Borough Council when controlled by the Liberal Democrats, has just won a major national award for the quality of the service it provides for Chesterfield residents.The private sector partner, Arvato, has provided such back office services as revenues, accounts and information-technology for Chesterfield residents since the partnership was agreed by the then Liberal Democrat Council in October 2010. Now, just over a year later, it has won the accolade of ' 'Public Sector Outsourcing Project of the Year' for the quality of its work. The agreement saves just over £400,000 a year for Chesterfield Council Tax payers, protects the jobs of all the staff involved for the 10 year life of the contract, guarantees that the jobs will remain based in Chesterfield - and provides over £1 million of investment for modernising Borough Council equipment and facilities. Cllr Ray Russell ( Liberal Democrat Leader of the Borough Council when the agreement was sig
10 Dec 2011
Statement by Simon Hughes on Gibraltar election result
UK Liberal Democrats welcome new Gibraltar government
9 Dec 2011
Council staff pay for personal calls with taxpayer cash
£536,000 of waste on Council mobile phones was identified by the Liberal Democrats in February's budget proposals. An Audit Report published this week revealed that the waste continues with the Conservative-run Council still allowing staff to make personal calls and not claiming back the cost.
9 Dec 2011
Council meetings could be webcast
Wiltshire Council is thinking about the introduction of web casting for some meetings of the council. WC says there might be: "transparency and reputational benefits to the council."
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9 Dec 2011
Appalling that H&M use computer-generated models in online adverts – Swinson
Commenting on the news that high street clothing chain H&M has been using models with computer-generated bodies to advertise...
9 Dec 2011