Liberal Democrat Councillors have made an urgent appeal to MFI's administrators to put physical protection in place at the site of the recently-closed furniture store on Norse Road in Goldington, warning that it is vulnerable to unauthorised traveller encampments.
Bedfordshire County Council's decision to award a four-year contract for household recycling to be sorted in Milton Keynes instead Elstow has raised many more questions than it answers say Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats. The decision, which has been approved by the new unitary authorities set to assume the County Council's functions from 1st April 2009, was made without any public debate or scrutiny and the Lib Dems are demanding answers to a series of important questions.
Local bus users are up in arms over rules introduced by Stagecoach which see pensioners looking after young children charged for toddlers' journeys, while under-fives accompanied by other bus users travel free.
Henry Vann, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Campaigner for Bedford and Kempston, has called on the government to scrap its ID Card scheme following a Home Office survey showing support for the scheme drifting away.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have issued a challenge to the Mayor and his Cabinet to show support for local post offices and hard-pressed local residents by bringing an end to the unfair charge on the payment of council tax bills at the Post Office. The charge was introduced in April 2006 in the face of fierce opposition from the Liberal Democrat Group, while each of the other political groups supported its introduction.
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg declared that Britain has lost its moral authority on human rights issues in a hard-hitting attack on the Government's stance on immigration.
