Paul Holmes, Liberal Democrat MP for Chesterfield has today revealed figures that show that since New Labour came to power in 1997, the number of fire-fighters in Derbyshire has been slashed by three times the national average -from 90 per 100,000 population to 81compared to the national average of 89 per 100,000
Despite the spending of millions of pounds on road maintenance, less than half of local residents are satisfied with the speed at which potholes are fixed or with the quality of the repairs. These are the findings of a review of the council's highways maintenance initiative from the Conservative-led administration.
Congratulations to Cheriton Primary School who won the first ever Cheriton & Morehall Football "Councillors Cup" on Wednesday. St Martins Primary School were runners-up, and the hotly contested contest also had teams from all other primary schools in the Cheriton and Morehall area: All Souls, Harcourt and Morehall Schools.
The Liberal Democrat candidate for the Hutton South by-election says she will fight for the Green Belt and campaign for safety measures to be installed in Hanging Hill Lane.
Government plans to test children as young as three years old have been criticised by Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg MP. He was visiting Tanglewood nursery school in Chelmsford with local Lib Dem candidate Stephen Robinson.
There was confusion about what relief Essex residents will get from Essex County Council, after two leading members of the Conservative ruling party gave opposite views on the subject at the same meeting. At a meeting of the full council (21 October) the leader of the council agreed with a Liberal Democrats proposal to use council tax money held in reserves to help people through the current economic slowdown. However, the cabinet member for finance said that she thought the proposals were irresponsible and that reserves should remain high.
