Labour and Conservative Councillors let down people with profound and multiple learning disabilities and their carers at Wednesday's Council meeting by refusing to support the Liberal Democrat motion on Changing Places.
Despite saying they would protect front line services the Tories are cutting services for the disabled. See Rosie's blog on the subject here.
The violent objections to coalitions emanating from some in the Labour and Conservatives camps must strike a very odd note with their local councillors up and down the country.
An interesting blog story here, which shows that Labour voters could stop the Tories winning Woking.
The two planning applications from London Irish, to build 194 houses in the Avenue in Sunbury and to redevelop the Hazelwood golf course site as a rugby centre, were both refused unanimously by Spelthorne's Planning Committee.
Today Southampton Itchen's PPC David Goodall went to the launch of a important report about the health of the river Itchen itself. The report says that Britain's rivers are under serious threat. Many are below their usual levels for the time of year and the need to conserve our rivers and reduce water demand has never been stronger.
