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It now looks as though Walsall’s Tory administration is about to lift restrictions applied to lettings on the Brackendale Shopping Precinct, Stroud Avenue, Short Heath, without the assurances of a proper business plan as demanded by local Liberal Democrat councillors. This could lead to fast food takeaways taking over all of the empty units operating [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Craig Brown | Published 29th June 2011 There is a real danger that many prospective students will be put off from going to university due to the confusion, half-truths and lies, often left unchallenged, relating to the new system of university funding and graduate contributions. A bright light which [...]

Police Commissioners will be held to account by local councillors after the Government conceded key amendments to legislation and accepted the Local Government Association’s arguments in favour of making it easier for Police and Crime Panels to veto Commissioners’ council tax proposals. As the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill reached House of Lords Report [...]

Changes to bus timetables and routes serving the west of Walsall and Wolverhampton will come into effect from Sunday 24th July following a major consultaion exercise during the spring by Centro which oversees public transport across the West Midlands. Centro distributed leaflets to all households in the area seeking the views and comments from current [...]

More money and expertise will be ploughed in to dementia research in the hope of moving closer to finding a cure or better treatment for the millions of families affected by this devastating condition, Care Services Minister Paul Burstow announced today. The Minister has joined forces with 17 experts and interested parties from across Government, [...]

The detail of how tens of millions of pounds of taxpayers’ money is being spent by some Whitehall departments is shrouded in mystery because the disclosure threshold is 50 times higher than in local government, town hall leaders can reveal. Government departments are only required to publish details of individual items of spending above £25,000, [...]

The following article was written by Mark Pack and published today on the Liberal Democrat Voice Website. More economically competent than Labour, fairer than the Conservatives – that’s what many at the top of the party hope the message will be come the next general election. If the economy is not doing well at the [...]

This week a poll conducted by the Sutton Trust revealed more than a fifth of 11-16 year olds believe their families will have to pay for the cost of university tuition. A further 10 per cent believed students paid for university with money they earned before and during their studies. Speaking on Left Foot Forward, [...]

Willenhall North Liberal Democrat councillors have joined with colleagues from Short Heath to organised a site visit with Walsall Council Highways officers in a bid to improve road safety at Knightsbridge in Coppice Lane, Willenhall reports Liberal Democrat councillor Ian Shires. Councillors called for the site visit following continuous concerns by local residents and motorists [...]