Just gone 8am and we are about to start the last Focus delivery in 2011. By the end of today all residents in Willenhall North and Short Heath will have received best wishes for 2012 from the Willenhall Lib Dem Focus Team. Wishing all of our readers the best of health, happyness and fresh prospects [...]

Chris Huhne today revealed more evidence of the economic benefits of renewable energy as he reaffirmed the coalition’s commitment to meeting EU renewable energy targets. This came as the UK published an update on progress to source 15% of all energy from renewable sources by 2020. Latest research from DECC shows that so far this [...]

David Skelton · guardian.co.uk: Thursday 29 December 2011 Britain used to have many politicians from modest backgrounds – but not now. It’s no wonder poorer people have lost interest “The first thing [a new working-class MP] should bear in mind is that these were not his ancestors. His forebears had no part in the past, [...]

Published in The Telegrapg By David Millward, Transport Editor 7:01PM GMT 28 Dec 2011 Ministers are ready to scrap the system which gives the Department for Transport powers to dictate all train services and choose operators. Instead they are ready to hand over power to councils and locally run transport bodies, known as passenger transport [...]

A scheme that allows carers to take a break is also likely to be strengthened to protect leisure time. Published December 28, 2011 | By Maureen Carers Chill4us Carer Support, News and Networking By Robert Winnett, Political Editor 6:30AM GMT 28 Dec 2011 Ministers want to ensure that carers are given support to continue working [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Joshua Dixon | Published 28th December 2011 – 2:57 pm In 1997 the Labour Party manifesto outlined that under a Labour government the House of Lords would be reformed so that “the right of hereditary Peers to sit and vote in the House of Lords will be ended by [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat voice By Ewan Hoyle | Published 28th December 2011 – 1:55 pm Those elderly and alone at this time of year need attractive alternative housing options. It is greatly to the BBC news team’s credit that they continue to highlight the plight of those less fortunate as the majority of us [...]

Hope you all had a really good Christmas. Off delivering New Year Focus this morning

Wishing you all the very best at Christmas. See you after the festivities. Willenhall Liberal Democrats

The “Sold Subject to Contract” sign has gone up on ”Meadow House” on Stroud Avenue, Short Heath, Willenhall reports Liberal Democrat councillor Doreen Shires. The former Council care home closed last year and has been the subject of a consultation exercise earlier this year. The resulting planning brief favoured residential development, though it looks as if [...]