Liberal Democrat leader, Cllr. Jeremy Hilton has responded to the decision of the Conservative controlled Gloucester City Council to close its customer advice reception and contact centre to the public on the last Wednesday of every month. The first closure will be on the 30th of May. Cllr. Hilton has described the decision made by Cllr. David Norman as another example of the 'vanishing council'.
In 2015, I posted about the inability of Shepway District Council to accept an online debit / credit card payment for the renewal of a parking permit.
Well done to Lib Dem Deputy Leader Jo Swinson on introducing her Parental Leave and Pay Arrangements Private Member's Bill in the Commons. Here she is talking about it:
Lib Dem leader Vince Cable MP was invited by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) Commission on Economic Justice to speak this morning. You can watch the speech here, with Vince's bit from 10:38 in.
The Lib Dems may be starting a long way behind in Lewisham East - 4.4% of the vote against Labour's 67% in last year's general election - but the party is taking the race extremely seriously. Sir Vince Cable's frequent visits to the constituency - and some goading from his local candidate Lucy Salek - certainly appears to be a factor in Jeremy Corbyn's decision to grace it with his presence today, albeit in a way that is going to be very carefully orchestrated.
Rushcliffe Liberal Democrats have elected local campaigner, Jason Billin, as their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC).