Nick Clegg Nick Clegg has described Gordon Brown’s policy plans as “a hotch potch of unrelated Whitehall schemes” with no unifying” vision from a prime minister who was “running out of steam”. Mr Clegg said both the Prime Minister and David Cameron were treating the voters as if they were children who were “too young [...]

Express and Star 25 June 2009  Campaigners against the latest site to be earmarked for a £500,000 youth centre in Walsall today accused the council of putting property and cash ahead of opportunities for young people. Hundreds of people oppose the plans for the children’s complex to be based on the old Jones’ Bakery site [...]

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats  addressed the new Speaker of the House John Bercow following the announcement of his election to the position. He said:  “We urge you to reinvent the role of speaker as a catalyst for radical change. On your own you cannot bring about that change but you can become one [...]

Looking for work? At risk or recently been made redundant? Do you simply want a career change? then join us at “Support Into Jobs” event on Wednesday 1st July 2009 was the message coming out of the Support into Jobs presentation at last night’s meeting of the Willenhall Partnership  reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. [...]

Willenhall Local Neighbourhood Partnership has its first meeting of the 2009/2010 municipal year tonight. The meeting will be held in the Activities Room at Willenhall Community and Youth Foundation in Gomer Street, Willenhall. It begins at the new time of 6.30pm and will end around 8.30pm. First on the agenda will be the appointment of the [...]

Living next to a natural attraction such as Rough Wood should be idyllic, at least that’s what you’d think wouldn’t you, but for some residents living on the Woodlands estate in Short Heath their enjoyment is being spoilt by a mindless minority intent on ruining things for the rest reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. In discussions [...]

  A request for a deputation to be received by the minister to hear the concerns of Short Heath residents about having Emergency Refuge Areas (ERA’s) foisted on them by the Highways Agency has been sent to the local MP reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. The move has been taken following the refusal of the [...]

  The Liberal Democrat – Local Government Conference which is hosted jointly by the Association of Liberal Democrat Councillors and the Local Government Association Liberal Democrats tookplace yesterday; the conference “Local Solutions” was held in Sheffield and was attended by many Liberal Democrat Councillors from all over the UK.   The key note speech in the [...]

Vernon Coaker, the Minister of State for Schools and Learning, has agreed to receive a deputation from the Sneyd School Action Group on Tuesday 30th June. The visit was arranged through the local MP David Winnick. Welcoming the visit Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires said “this will give the group the chance to get around the stone wall [...]

  I went to the first meeting of Walsall Council’s Social Media Focus Group yesterday afternoon. Very  interesting. No, really, it was. We looked at where we were now (the we being the council) and where we thought we might be going in IT terms as a council. There were a lot of really good ideas tossed around. We talked about [...]