The Liberal Democrats have consistently been ahead of the game on economic issues. Here is a list of ten things we called for first, and which have now either been implemented or taken on board by at least one of the other two main parties:
Open space to the north of Brickhill owned by a charitable trust could be developed for housing following a 'botched' process which involved the land being proposed for development without the prior agreement of the charity's trustees.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have demanded a full explanation of the Tory-run County Council's 'catalogue of errors' that has led to the prospect of hundreds of thousands of tonnes of waste being imported into Bedfordshire from Buckinghamshire to be burnt in a giant incinerator near Stewartby.
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have slammed plans which would see hundreds of thousands of tonnes of rubbish exported from Buckinghamshire to be burnt in a giant incinerator near Stewartby.
Liberal Democrats this week uncovered the Labour government's inept handling of sentencing with half of those found guilty of possessing a firearm not being given the supposed "mandatory" minimum sentence.
Bedfordshire Hospital has been given a lower ranking in the recent Healthcare Commission's "annual report" on standards in health.
