The Commons Bill is currently progressing through Parliament, but one particular section has caused great alarm to commoners with grazing rights. On leaving the House of Lords, a clause was included in the Bill which states that those who have grazing rights and wish to sell them can only do so if sold back to the land owner. This will ultimately mean that the land will become of little monetary value to those that own grazing rights.
Local MP Tim Farron is leading national calls for an independent review into the new computer system for the NHS, Connecting for Health (CfH), which according to recent reports is now projected to cost £15 billion. Such a sum could wipe out the current deficits in NHS trusts approximately 15 times over, including those of the local Morecambe Bay health trusts.
David Jack, the Lib Dem candidate in Heath Town Ward has published his local election manifesto.
The Conservative Party remains "right wing and unpleasant" to its core, according to Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell. He also questioned whether the party had changed since David Cameron became leader last December.
Months of debate came to a head today when Surrey County Council voted on the Business Delivery Review - with the Liberal Democrat group rejecting the proposals sanctioned by the Tory-run Executive to cut staff.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson has issued his April City Centre & Harbour Community Council Update for this week's Community Council meeting (Thursday 20th April - 7pm at Central Library).
As BRSK rollout across the Dudley Borough, Cllr Priest and the Lib Dem FOCUS Team stand up for residents.
