Heather has hit out at Shropshire Councils continued failure to resurface what many residents describe as the 'worst road in Shropshire. Indeed just a handful or years ago it was in the top ten worst roads in Shropshire BUT nothing was done to rectify it. Roads such as this are put into a central pot for decision and it does seem that it does not always recognise local problems.
The new Lib Dem leader says he is ready to rebuild his party, and plans to defeat the 'great repeal bill' by leading an anti-Brexit alliance before winning power Nominations for the post of leader of the Lib Dems don't officially close until Thursday, but we already know the name of the winner - Vince Cable. In fact, Cable tells me, as every other MP has pledged to support him, he is already de facto leader, and has just come from a strategy session with his parliamentary colleagues to discuss how to get their ailing party back on the map. In the election in June, the Lib Dems managed to gain a few seats and now number a round dozen, but their vote share was a measly 7.4% compared with 23% in 2010. The collapse has been calamitous.
Dear Sir, In her article today on tuition fees Melanie Phillips is spot on. Indeed I would go further. She says it is 'more important to invest in sound vocational education'. Sorry, I would say that it is ESSENTIAL. The government could start by dusting off the 2004 Tomlinson Report, which advocated giving vocational education at least parity with academic education and which the Blair government, possibly fearing a backlash from the middle classes on whose votes it depended, largely ignored. It's ironically these same middle classes, whose offspring have been the main beneficiaries of the expansion of university education over the past thirty years.
After the tragic events at Grenfell Towers local Liberal Democrat Councillor, Sandra Dunn, has questioned Spelthorne's MP to enlist his support for strengthening local fire safety. She recently wrote to Kwasi Kwarteng as shown below:
Thursday evening saw a landslide win in the Chorleywood South & Maple Cross Ward of Three Three Rivers Council, ensuring that the council remains in Liberal Democrat control
Thursday evening saw a landslide win in the Chorleywood South & Maple Cross Ward of Three Three Rivers Council, ensuring that the council remains in Liberal Democrat control