The 2011 prize for the finest example of council-speak has gone to Wiltshire Council finance officer Michael Hudson. In a report to the WC cabinet setting out the final accounts for the 2010/11 financial year Mr Hudson announced that as a result of a VAT rebate the balance was in credit and there was some spare money.
Vince Cable today says there is "a big case to answer" about whether Rupert Murdoch is fit and proper to keep his stake in broadcaster BSkyB. In an interview with the Evening Standard, the Business Secretary also reveals for the first time that he considered resigning from Cabinet during the furore when he said he was "at war" with the media tycoon.
Local Lib Dem campaigner Elliot Kennedy has welcomed news that the UK Payments Council has reversed its decision to scrap cheques.
Over the last couple of years WC has been reviewing speed limits on A and B roads throughout the county. That process is now complete and the council says it won't look again at these limits unless there's a drastic change in the nature of the road, for example because of nearby development.
A new £10m Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF) for new plants could allow the South Lakes to pioneer a green energy future says South Lakes MP Tim Farron.
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has welcomed this weeks announcement by the Payments Council that cheques will continue to be used for as long as customers need them. The target for possible closure of cheque clearing in 2018 has also been scrapped after a campaign run in the South Lakes.