Rochdale Liberal Democrats are paying for an extra police officer for every township in the borough. The scheme was included in the Lib Dems extra spending proposals and was passed at the recent budget council meeting. This means that under the Lib Dem proposals Middleton, Heywood, Littleborough and Rochdale Police Stations will see an extra officer on the beat.
Rochdale Borough Council has agreed a 3.8% council tax increase in 2008/09.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Sunday 2nd March) strongly backed calls by the President of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Malcolm Bruce MP, that local authorities and health boards should get much more of their income from taxes raised in their areas.
With a formal "Motion" to the council already on the table (see earlier News Story) a campaign by the Daily Mail is now underway.
What a sad week for Finchley and the surrounding area.
Dundee LibDems today (Saturday 1st March) applauded Nicol Stephen's speech to the Scottish Liberal Democrat Conference in Aviemore, with a Dundee LibDem councillor calling the speech "a positive vision for Scotland."
