PRESS RELEASE: Lib Dems pleased at Tory u-turn on Incinerator
Liberal Democrats have welcomed yet another u-turn by the Tories. In a report due before Cabinet on 29th July, the Tories will abandon their plans for an Incinerator.
19 Jul 2011
National News
Liberal Democrat candidates for Police and Crime Commissioners
The Bill to create directly-elected Police and Crime Commissioners is currently before Parliament. The first elections of Police and Crime Commissioners are expected in May 2012.
19 Jul 2011
The cost of parking incompetence is half a million pounds
Traders, town councils, opposition councillors, newspapers and residents told Wiltshire Council's Conservative cabinet that excessive rises in car parking charges would be bad news for everyone including the council itself. Now the accounts for the first quarter of the 2011/12 financial year have been announced we can see the scale of the damage.
TC
19 Jul 2011
Prater: A New, Better View on Academies by Kent County Council
Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed the statement by Kent County Council Leader Paul Carter on Kent Schools and Academy status. Previously, Mr Cater had advised all schools to consider academy status, but in a letter to school governors issued today, he changed that position.
19 Jul 2011
Statement on Kent, Schools and Academies from Paul Carter, Leader of Kent County Council
Before you break up for the summer holidays for some well-earned rest and relaxation, I thought it would be helpful if I dropped you a line to clarify Kent County Council's, and my own, thoughts on academy status.
PCLKCC
19 Jul 2011
Teaching Assistants take campaign to Westminster – as Farron piles pressure on County Council
South Lakes MP Tim Farron joined Cumbrian teaching assistants Hilary Robinson and Sue Ireland as they met senior Government officials in the latest stage of the campaign to win justice for their cause.
19 Jul 2011