The agenda for one of next week's Council Committee meetings has a bit on "priority improvement objectives" whatever that means. But, one of the "objectives" is "converse with local people to increase their participation in democratic management."
Heather Kidd, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Ludlow Constituency, is strongly supporting Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg's proposals to increase the pay of the lowest-paid troops by £6,000 a year. The proposals, which would mean that no service personnel in the Army, Navy or RAF would receive less basic annual pay than a new-entrant police constable or development-level firefighter, would be funded within the MoD's existing budget.
Robin Lawrence, Liberal Democrat candidate for Wolverhampton South West, has called for the Government to award big pay rises to military personnel many of whom are risking their lives on the Afghanistan front line. He is backing new Liberal Democrat policy to give the worst paid servicemen and women, who earn less than trainee police officers and fire fighters, pay rises worth almost £6,000 a year.
Labour run Leicester City Council has given a private company permission to run a market with up to 150 stalls at the Walkers Stadium on Sundays and bank holidays from October. When the plan was announced last week, furious market stallholders said in the local press that it would put a "nail in the coffin" of Leicester's 700-year-old market.
Rochdale MP Paul Rowen, who was made an honorary member of the board of trustees for the Arthritis Research Campaign (ARC) back in May of this year, spent the day at their HQ in Chesterfield to learn more about the work they carry out.
Long established Clun councillor, Nigel Hartin, has taken over from Peter Phillips as the Liberal Democrat leader at Shirehall. Well respected Peter Phillips, who has been a county councillor for Bishop's Castle for many years, was thanked for his tireless efforts and the great acumen that he had brought.
