What’s happened to the Christmas lights in High Road, Lane Head? exactly, there aren’t any and Short Heath Liberal Democrats want to know why. Willenhall Local Neighbourhood Partnership paid for lights at three sites across Willenhall, they were Willenhall Town Centre, The Square at New Invention and High Road, Lane Head. Just a few weeks [...]

Links to Walsall Council Website for latest information on disruptions due to severe weather.  School Closure information @  http://bit.ly/hKQVbi Waste Collection information @  http://bit.ly/hLEjS1

 Liz Lynne: 1.04.26pm GMT Mon 29th Nov 2010 Lib Dem Euro MP Liz Lynne is backing ‘See Me, Save Me’ – a cross party campaign which could save the lives of hundreds of road users every year. A growing number of serious road accidents, including many of the estimated 2000 cyclists killed in the UK and [...]

According to an article written for the Guardian by Andrew Rawnsley, nearly all the politicians who are leading the   No2AV campaign are fading names from the past, the majority of whom have never liked change.  Interestingly the Labour Party have supported electoral reform in the past in their manifesto, committed themselves to a referendum, implemented [...]

By Mark Pack | Published on Liberal Democrat Voice, 29th November 2010 – 10:27 pm How to avoid a three-way car crash with most ministers voting for the Browne Report, some ministers and many backbench MPs abstaining and yet a further group of Lib Dem MPs voting against is now the main debate within the Parliamentary [...]

Lyz Lynne, 6.14.44pm GMT Wed 24th Nov 2010 A flagship new EU initiative to boost skills and jobs must be not just about new workers but also help older or disabled people play a more productive role in the labour market, Lib Dem European Employment Spokesman Liz Lynne said today. The West Midlands MEP and First [...]

It was a very good week for the “Friends of Rough Wood” group reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. On Tuesday they held their regular monthly meeting at “The Duke of Cambridge” in Coltham Road, Short Heath (a warm, friendly real ale pub) where they discussed planned winter maintenance within the wood which will help [...]

Walsall Council:  Date Published : 25 November 2010 A major contingency plan has been put in place to enable residents in the Walsall borough to be kept fully informed of any disruptions during periods of severe weather. Continue Reading @ http://bit.ly/hNr7gH

Figures published recently by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that there were 23,100 excess deaths of people aged 65 and over in England and Wales last winter – a higher mortality rate than Finland or Sweden! To calculate excess winter deaths, the Office for National Statistics breaks the year into thirds, where winter [...]

According to today’s Daily Telegraph the Work and Pensions Secretary, Iain Duncan Smith, is expected to announce that families will not have their housing benefit significantly reduced from April next year, as previously announced, but will be given until the following year to arrange somewhere cheaper to live. Senior Liberal Democrat members of the Coalition are understood [...]