Local Liberal Democrats are celebrating the news that East Sussex Hospitals Trust is to introduce 'pay as you leave' parking at the Conquest and the Eastbourne District General Hospitals in the Autumn, despite having decided in March 2009 to postpone the plans for a year.
The Liberal Democrats are campaigning on a platform that Europe delivers real benefits for people in the economy, dealing with crime and protecting the environment. Liberal Democrats will continue to champion reform and transparency: in company and financial regulation, in EU institutions and in MEPs allowances.
"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.
The ICM poll for The Sunday Telegraph (31 May) is the worst possible news for the Prime Minister as he enters his most important week since taking power with Labour expecting a hammering in Thursday's local and European elections.
On Sunday 31 May 2009 the Observer's main editorial was headed "On Europe, one party is showing the way" and it backed the Liberal Democrat's position.
As Bedford Borough Council embarks on its summer programme of road improvement works, the Liberal Democrats have declared that the £1 million additional funding they added into the budget at no extra cost to the taxpayer should signal the start of the 'fight back' against the appalling backlog of repairs that was allowed to build up by the Tory- run County council.
