Local Liberal Democrats have supported the Government's calls for "Independent Living For All". In a drive to enable able bodied and disabled people to live as full a life as possible, local Liberal Democrats are supporting plans for disabled residents, their families and carers to have their needs independently assessed and to be given the opportunity to lead a more independent life.
There are doubts over the future of a £55million learning campus in Ashford, Kent after the Learning Skills Council, which is in charge of funding, announced a temporary freeze on all decisions on major schemes.
The Folkestone Gurkha Justice protest was featured on Meridian News yesterday, explaining the ongoing campaign against the discrimination against Gurkha's who retired from the British Army before 1997 and are being refused citizenship rights in the UK.
Tavish Scott MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, was campaigning in the Stobswell shopping area yesterday (Tuesday 10th February) with Chris Hall, Liberal Democrat candidate for Maryfield Ward.
Rochdale Council's cabinet member for finance Greg Couzens has revealed details of the Council's gritting process last week and says that the current supply of grit is 'no different to normal'.
Rochdale Council's Partnerships for Older People Project (POPPs) has received national recognition by a local university.
