After a ten year battle with one of Britain's largest insurance companies, pensioners Roy and Shelia Ballantine, have finally won their case thanks to help from local Liberal Democrat Terrye Teverson.
Guildford Liberal Democrats urged the Borough Council to protect the character of our town and villages, as well as protecting our Green Belt, in their response to the government consultation on the SE Plan. Addressing the Council's Executive at their meeting on Thursday last week, Lib Dem Group Leader Cllr Fiona White urged the Executive to protest at the government's proposal for 8440 additional houses to be built in Guildford borough by 2026, and to resist the use of green belt land for housing.
After decades of frustration for motorists negotiating the infamous Malden Rushett cross-roads, it seems that the light at the end of the tunnel may be getting closer, with the decision of Kingston's "South of the Borough" Neighbourhood Committee to give approval in principle to going ahead with the plans for improvement proposed by Transport for London.
High profile Liberal Democrat MP Lembit Opik has joining the Liberal Democrat campaign in Wednesfield.
The pressure on Bedford Borough Council's Mayor and Cabinet to remove the charge on council tax payments at the Post Office has increased further after a meeting of the full council backed a Lib Dem motion calling for its abolition.
Liberal Democrat Leader Cllr David Kendall won cross party support for his motion at Wednesday's Full Council meeting calling for greater support for blind and partially sighted people in meeting the extra mobility costs they face.
