"Government wrong to force super clinics on Bedford" says Henry Vann
People in Bedford are happy with their personalised, local GP healthcare according to a new Healthcare Commission report.
5 Aug 2008
National News
"Knife crime on our doorstep" says Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner
Knife crime is worse in Bedfordshire than the national average according to figures unearthed by the Bedford and Kempston Liberal Democrats.
5 Aug 2008
Labour Government's Post Office Slaughter Condemned by Paul Holmes MP
Today's (Tuesday 5th August) shocking news that 5 more Chesterfield Post Offices are slated for closure has been condemned by local MP Paul Homes.
5 Aug 2008
100 years of the State Pension - we should be celebrating, not campaigning
It is now 100 years since the introduction of the State Pension, but today Catherine was helping pensioners in Oxford collect signatures for their petition to bring the State pension back to the level it was 100 years ago.
5 Aug 2008
Political parties join forces to save Harpenden's oldest Post Office
Following the well attended public meeting on 23rd July, a "Campaign Committee" has been established with representatives from across Harpenden's political spectrum. Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate Nigel Quinton and colleagues Jeff Phillips and Cllr Alison Steer have joined with local Conservative councillors Mike Wakely and Julie Bell and put aside party differences to work together to try to save Station Road North Post Office (as the Post Office call it) from closure.
5 Aug 2008
Daily Mail says Hampshire Tories waste money
The Daily Mail has recently identified Hampshire as one of the most wasteful local authorities.
5 Aug 2008