Big response to petition against compost site plans
A petition opposing plans for a compost site has been signed by several hundred people living in the Fenny Drayton and Higham on the Hill area.
A petition opposing plans for a compost site has been signed by several hundred people living in the Fenny Drayton and Higham on the Hill area.
Liberal Democrat in Hinckley and Bosworth have welcomed the announcement of a £617,000 pupil premium for Bosworth's schools.
Hinckley and Bosworth's Liberal Democrat councillors have launched a campaign to save the Royal Mail sorting office in Hinckley.
A well attended meeting of a local campaign group vowed to continue to campaign to save local bus services and care homes.
The huge rise in worldwide gas and oil prices is hitting local people hard.
Liberal Democrats from Hinckley and Bosworth were amongst delegates at the Lib Dem conference who voted to stop plans to time limit support for disabled people. The government has proposed to cut eligibility to Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to twelve months. Charities like Macmillian that represent cancer patients opposed the plans as the side-effects of cancer and its treatment can be extremely debilitating and many patients need longer than a year to get back to work.