The planning application for a proposed Homebase on part of the Triangle leisure centre site is ill-founded and unjustified - there is no demonstrative need for this development, which is an overdevelopment of the location, and conflicts with the existing planning policies for the Triangle site and for the town.
Local campaigner Serena Tierney is warning people to be on their guard for an email scam designed to try and get details of personal information relating to individuals' tax affairs. The email, which is currently circulating in Mid Sussex, says that the recipient is entitled to a tax rebate and attaches a 'claim form' to fill in. It is an attempt to commit identity fraud and you should not open the attachment or respond to the email.
Liberal Democrat moves to get the Conservative controlled Mid Sussex District Council to rescind its previous decision, to dispose of land at the Triangle Leisure Centre, Burgess Hill, in order to build a DIY store, were narrowly defeated at an extraordinary meeting of the District Council held last Wednesday. The meeting was specially called by Liberal Democrats to discuss the issues around the selling off of council land at the Triangle.
Thank you to everyone who supported the Liberal Democrats in Thursday's County Council elections. Mid Sussex Liberal Democrats scored significant wins in the elections, taking both council seats in Burgess Hill and Haywards Heath, as well as winning Hassocks and Imberdown; and winning half the wards in Mid Sussex by taking an additional three seats from the Conservatives.
'The case for supporting the Liberal Democrats is now very strong' says today's Guardian newspaper in an opinion piece. Anyone 'who cares about constitutional renewal' should 'vote Lib Dem', and reminds readers 'that on two other great crises - the debt-driven collapse of high finance and climate change - the Lib Dems led the way'.
The Liberal Democrats are campaigning on a platform that Europe delivers real benefits for people in the economy, dealing with crime and protecting the environment. Liberal Democrats will continue to champion reform and transparency: in company and financial regulation, in EU institutions and in MEPs allowances.
"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.
The issue of MP's expenses has highlighted the need for constitutional change, the impotency of MP's who are left to rubber stamp government legislation having been paid off by an expenses regime that positively invited them to make outlandish claims that had nothing to do with their work. At the same time the business of government is controlled from outside parliament, with the chamber itself left with only a handful of MP's in attendance, with the Prime Minister hardly ever attending except for Prime Ministers Questions, and party whips ensuring legislation is passed irrespective of its merits.
These days there are many issues that cannot be tackled just by taking action at home. Making a difference on climate change, international crime and the economy means that we have to work with our European neighbours to deliver effective international action. That's just commonsense. Sadly not all parties agree.
The panel set up by the Tory administration of Mid Sussex District Council to decide the pay and benefits of the Chief Executive will meet in private on 13th May.
In light of the swine flu outbreak and raising of the World Health Organisation's Pandemic Strategy to phase five, Cllr Graham Knight, has sought reassurance that emergency measures are in place locally to cope if necessary.
Giving an initial response after the chancellor, Alistair Darling, had delivered this year's budget, Serena Tierney, Parliamentary Spokesman for Mid Sussex Lib Dems said:
