The Green Party MP Caroline Lucas has tabled a Private Members Bill.... "to require the Secretary of State to commission a programme of research into the merits of replacing the Council Tax and Non-domestic rates in England with an annual levy on the unimproved value of all land, including transitional arrangements"
With great sadness, we are sorry to announce that Steve Tyrrell, Lib Dem campaigner, candidate in 2011 & 2012, and a good friend and supporter of us all, passed away yesterday after a battle with cancer.
On Thursday, Kudos Television (as part of their new drama "The Tunnel") are staging a bomb disposal sequence in folkestone involving emergency vehicles including police cars and a bomb squad running flashing lights as well as actors in uniforms.
Mayor Dave Hodgson and the Lib Dem Cllrs are pleased to report that our budget proposals, featuring an average council tax freeze and the protection of frontline services, were passed at the last meeting of Full Council with support from all parties, and not a single vote against.
"Our party is the spice and the catalyst who will provide ideas for the next generation", Liberal Democrat peer Jenny Tonge told Totnes and Brixham party members at their recent Annual Supper Evening.
County Councillor Ron Tindall (Hemel Hempstead St Pauls) has today called for action from Herts County Council following the news that Shelter Hertfordshire is to close.