Walsall Council collects our household rubbish, recycling and garden waste. What is stopping them from collecting our scrap iron? No, I’m serious about this! Why shouldn’t the Council, either directly or at arms length through owner operators, take this issue by the scruff of the neck and go into the scrap business? By doing this [...]

Liberal Democrat MP for Redcar Ian Swales is to have a meeting with the director general of British Metal Recycling Association where he will be briefed on their position following recent developments from the Home Secretary on the issue of Metal Theft. Metal Theft has been on the rise across Teesside recently, with a 7% [...]

Transport Minister Norman Baker yesterday announced £15m of new funding for sustainable travel projects across the country that will promote economic growth and cut carbon. The investment is in addition to the £560m Local Sustainable Transport Fund announced in January 2011. This additional funding, heavily geared towards cycling, will support jobs, enhance access to employment [...]

The scam email which claims to be from the Daytime Television programme called “Heir Hunters” is being used to obtain personal information The email prompts users to respond with personal information such as full name, date of birth, address and telephone number. A warning posted on the BBC website reads “We have been informed that someone [...]

The Met Office have notified the Department for Work and Pensions that 1 period of very cold weather has occurred in the WV12 postcode area between 1 November 2011 and 6 February 2012, triggering a Cold Weather Payment. If you have qualified for Cold Weather Payments since 1 November and live in this postcode area, [...]

Some really interesting data showing the East / West divide on health issues across Walsall which manifests itself in an 8 year life expectancy difference across our borough, a point which Liberal Democrats on the Council have made on numerous occasions. Bringing “Public Health” back under the jurisdiction of local councils gives us the opportunity to [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Mark Pack | Published 6th February 2012 – 6:13 pm Ed Davey’s choice of words when presenting a political case is always worth close attention as he is a man very interested in the details and nuances of political messaging. (He was for a while under Ming Campbell’s leadership in charge of [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Terence Darby | Published 6th February 2012 – 3:24 pm Only three days into the job and Ed Davey’s first political challenge has arisen – a demand from the unreconstructed Tory back benches for a halt to onshore wind farm development. The Tories are taking aim at the subsidies onshore wind farm [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By NewsHound | Published 6th February 2012 – 1:54 pm The Guardian reports: Seven hospital trusts struggling with crippling private finance initiative debts are to receive £1.5bn in emergency funding from the government to help them avoid cutting patient services to pay their bills. The Department of Health is making the £1.5bn available [...]

Published on Liberal Democrat Voice By Jenny Willott MP | Published 5th February 2012 – 8:06 pm Benefits are not an easy subject to get your head around: we have a benefits system with enough acronyms, assessments, taper rates and tax credits to make your head spin. That’s why this Government is finally undertaking a hugely important and [...]