Responding to Tory Mid Sussex District council leader's statement that: "a meeting has been arranged to discuss our Emergency Planning guidelines for Friday 8th Jan", Serena Tierney, local Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner commented;
The current icy conditions following the recent snowfalls have caused problems for us all, and whilst major routes have been kept open side streets and pavements have become ice rinks, which are only now beginning to improve with a gradual thaw.
Innocent people could have their internet access disconnected if proposals in this week's Queen's Speech become law.
Gavin Ayling, Councillor for Buckingham ward on Adur District Council, has today announced that he has left the Conservative party and joined the Liberal Democrats.
Liberal Democrat Cllr Sue Knight has welcomed proposals to merge our two Mid Sussex special needs schools. However she has raised concerns that a number of questions need answering relating to the possible merger, which would see the two schools relocated onto the site of Oakmeeds Community Comprehensive in Burgess Hill.
Talk about the future of Mid Sussex often leads to discussion of the problems of congestion in our towns, particularly around peak travel periods. Any future plans for new housing need to incorporate specific traffic reduction measures and provisions to ensure that developers suffer real penalties if such measures are not provided as agreed.
Commenting on Norman Baker MP's motion today in Parliament relating to MPs who are convicted of a criminal offence in relation to their expenses or otherwise found to have claimed expenses fraudulently, Serena Tierney, Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner for Mid Sussex, said:
Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats have placed the party at the forefront of the debate on climate change by putting the most ambitious policy motion to date before the House of Commons.
Responding to a question from East Grinstead Councillor Jean Glynn, at the South East Liberal Democrat Regional Conference on Saturday, Norman Baker, MP for Lewes, restated Liberal Democrat opposition to any expansion of runway capacity at Gatwick Airport following the change of ownership of the airport.
Rail passengers forced onto replacement buses should have a part-refund of their fare, according to Liberal Democrat MP, Norman Baker, who called for the customers who are affected to be compensated with a third of their money back.
New figures released by Mid Sussex District Council show a big shortfall in the income from car parking tickets issued in the district's car parks since prices were hiked up earlier this year - despite Lib Dem opposition warnings at the time that it was the wrong moment to be increasing charges. "It's time that the Tories put their hands up and admitted that they've made a massive error of judgement on this issue." says Burgess Hill councillor Heather Ross.
Britain's biggest ever subsidised industry - the big banks - bailed out by billions of government money are now back in business, raking in the profit; their main objective to enrich their top staff whilst paying paltry sums to the depositors who entrust their savings with them, and refusing to lend to productive industries who could provide real jobs. Meanwhile shareholders seem powerless to have any real control over these businesses, letting their top employees pay themselves millions in unearned bonuses on a grossly inflated scale of the real worth of such staff.
