A team of Dundee Liberal Democrats spent yesterday (Saturday 15th April) campaigning in the Moray constituency where LibDem councillor Linda Gorn is challenging for the party at the forthcoming parliamentary by-election on 27th April.
After years of waiting, many local residents are angry at how long the Conservative controlled county council is taking to sort out Epping's parking problems.
Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Lamb, the chief of staff to party leader Sir Menzies Campbell has criticised the prime Minister after his office admitted that academy donors were put forward for peerages partly because of their school roles. 'We shouldn't get to the point where genuine charitable good works should be a barrier to advancement. But we end up with an appearance that people get preferment as a result of paying a certain sum for a Labour government objective,' Said Mr Lamb.
Local residents Peggy Ayre and Pat Brooks are, the best choice to be our new town councillors.
Out of £40,000 provided by the City Council in its budget for improvement to Community Safety for the city, local Lib Dem Councillors secured £20,000 to be used in St. Matthew's Estate, which has been identified as one of the most deprived areas in Leicester.
The local Labour Party has accused the Lib Dems of being soft on crime and producing a "Thugs Charter". Blackburn with Darwen Liberal Democrats hit back saying that the accusations were wrong and in fact Labour had failed to back a Lib Dem initiative to increase sentences for carrying knives.