
Councillor takes fair funding for local schools campaign to national conference
A Leicestershire County Councillor has taken up the cause of fair funding for Leicestershire schools at a national conference.
A Leicestershire County Councillor has taken up the cause of fair funding for Leicestershire schools at a national conference.
Local Lib Dems are delighted that Emma Harrison, a long-standing resident of Earl Shilton and local mother, has agreed to stand in the Earl Shilton by-election taking place on March 29th.
A former government minister has backed a call, by Lib Dem campaigners in Hinckley and Bosworth, for the government to stick by its previous pledge to ensure the electrification of the Midland Mainline. Baroness Lorely Burt, who was a Whip in the Coalition Government, is supporting the call for the modernisation of the line, which runs through Leicester and the rest of the East Midlands.
Leicestershire County Councillor Michael Mullaney got a party conference to back his campaign for fairer funding for local government.
Liberal Democrats have condemned the budget passed by Leicestershire County Councils Conservative bosses yesterday.
Conservative Councillors on Leicestershire County Council are proposing to close 24 Children's Centres across the County.