Hinckley & Bosworth Liberal Democrats

Shoppers were queuing in Hinckley town centre to sign a petition to get X-ray facilities back in the town.

A stall with the petition calling for the X-ray facilities to come back to the town was run in Castle Street in Hinckley town centre by Lib Dem parliamentary candidate Cllr Michael Mullaney and a team of councillors and volunteers.

Liberal Democrat run Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council have written to local NHS chiefs offering to loan them the money to bring X-ray services back to the town.

Leader of the Council Cllr Stuart Bray has made the offer to the West Leicestershire Clinical Commissioning Group.

Responding to the news local health campaigner and Hinckley Lib Dem Councillor Michael Mullaney said "last year over 8,000 people had X-rays in Hinckley, it's a crucial local service.

News that the government is to delay its fair funding review for local councils for another year until 2021/22 was met with anger at the recent Leicestershire County Council's full council meeeting.

Councillor Michael Mullaney, Leicestershire Lib Dem finance spokesman raised the issue at the meeting. Michael Mullaney said "At present Leicestershire gets one of the worst deals from this Tory government. As we are one of the worst funded local government areas this means local residents have to put up with a double whammy of service cuts and council tax rises.

Former Conservative MP for Loughborough and Charnwood and former Health Secretary Stephen Dorrell has joined the Lib Dems

Responding to the news Lib Dem Leicestershire County Councillor and parliamentary candidate for Bosworth Michael Mullaney said "This is brilliant news. I welcome Stephen Dorrell to the Liberal Democrat's. Stephen Dorrell is a leading and well respected former Leicestershire Conservative MP and cabinet minister.

The Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for Hinckley and Bosworth Councillor Michael Mullaney recently met with party leader Jo Swinson recently where he discussed with her issues affecting the local area.

Michael Mullaney said "It was great to meet with Jo Swinson and talk about the issues affecting people in Hinckley and Bosworth. Our area is amongst the worst funded in the country for police, schools and local health services. We desperately need a government who will put the interests of people in our area higher up the agenda.

Hinckley councillor and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Bosworth Michael Mullaney spoke at national Liberal Democrat conference on the need for fair funding for local services. The speech can be viewed here from 53 minutes in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjlOnX7KEEE

Hinckley councillor and Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Bosworth Michael Mullaney spoke at the national Lib Dem conference about the need for fairer funding for areas like Hinckley and Bosworth who currently don't get their fair share of funding for health, education, police and other services.

Local Liberal Democrat Councillors have welcomed a pledge, by party leader Jo Swinson, to invest in vitally needed youth services and youth workers, to help tackle knife crime and provide positive places for young people to be.

Swinson made the commitment in her leader's speech at the Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference in Bournemouth.