Voting in today's Mayoral By-election has now closed. Counting begins tomorrow at 9.30am. Visit bedfordlibdems.org.uk or daveformayor.org.uk for results news as it happens, with a result expected during the afternoon.
In the early 1800s the abolitionist movement recognised that all men, women and children have the right to live their lives free from bondage. They ensured that slavery in the UK would be outlawed indefinitely. However, 200 years after their success, we live in a world with a greater number of slaves than there were during the time of William Wilberforce. This fact is a stain on our society and one many people are working very hard to reverse.
Bedford Today are reporting that according to bookmakers Ladbrokes, Lib Dem candidate Dave Hodgson had edged ahead to become favourite in the race to be Bedford's new Mayor.
Bedford Today are reporting that senior Bedford Conservatives have slammed the party's mayoral election campaign this week and admitted that they are heading to defeat just as the borough goes to the polls.
Liberal Democrats on North Yorkshire County Council are concerned about the failure of the Conservative-run council to adequately promote adult learning courses. The number of adult learners in the county has gone down this year, and Lib Dems fear it is due to over-reliance on the North Yorkshire Times, the council's publicity paper, to promote courses.
Liberal Democrat Leader, Nick Clegg, recently visited Newcastle, and attended a public meeting held in the Civic Hall, Irton Street, Gosforth, with over 150 residents present.
