The campaign to bring emergency services back to Westmorland General Hospital gathered pace today after local MP Tim Farron put forward his case for re-opening the coronary care unit to Health Ministers in Parliament.
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed a change of thought by the Conservative administration which will result in an improved recycling service for Wiltshire residents.
Newly elected MP Stephen Gilbert will open the fifth Lib Dem LGBT conference in Manchester this weekend.
Commenting on the budget, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Simon Hughes said:
I've been clear in the past why we have to take difficult decisions to tackle the deficit and lay the foundations of a fairer society. These are not decisions that any government wants to take but we have no choice except to clear up the financial mess that Labour left us. Today's Budget takes these difficult decisions in an honest and fair way and with the clear stamp of Liberal Democrat values running through it.
Commented on national news reports that of Kent County Council's explanation of why it paid £365,000 to a director who left after a year in his job, Lib Dem Kent County Council Finance Spokesman Tim Prater said:
