Local campaigners have reacted with anger at the revelation that money was the only reason the government cancelled plans to improve rail services in Leicestershire.
The Lib Dems secured a surprise win in last Thursday's Earl Shilton Town Council by-election, defeating the Conservative candidate, the local Borough Councillor and Hinckley and Bosworth Cabinet member by more than 2-1.
Hinckley and Bosworth's Tory MP David Tredinnick is under fire after using two major parliamentary debates last week to raise yet again the use of alternative medicines in the NHS.
The cause of tens of thousands of Leicestershire women born in the 1950s, who have suffered from pension injustice has been taken up by Leicestershire Lib Dem County Councillors.
Hinckley Councillor Michael Mullaney took part in a debate at the national Liberal Democrat conference about the desperate need for Leicestershire to get fair funding from the government. Leicestershire receives the lowest funding of any county in the country which means local services are being hit and residents face huge Council tax rises. It's time for this to change and for the Tory government to deliver fair funding for Leicestershire Michael's speech starts about 9 mins in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gbO-32S3QE.
A Leicestershire County Councillor has taken up the cause of fair funding for Leicestershire schools at a national conference.
