Hinckley and Bosworth Council back Michael Mullaney's calls for more police to be put on local streets.
Hinckley and Bosworth Borough Council has backed calls for more police to be put on local streets.
12 Sep 2019
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Lib Dem councillors say Government must return X-ray facilities to Hinckley
The X-ray facilities that had been carried out at Mount Road hospital were stopped for safety reasons, this means residents will now have to travel miles away to Coalville or Glenfield to get X-rays.
12 Sep 2019
Conservatives select Oxfordshire outsider
Reacting to the news that Abingdon man Luke Evans has been selected as the Conservative candidate for Bosworth Lib Dem HBBC Leader Cllr Stuart Bray said:
5 Sep 2019
Bosworth Lib Dems call for action on rural crime levels -Cllr Michael Mullaney
Following the publication of a report showing that rural crime has hit a seven-y ear high, costing the UK £50m in 2018 and up 12% on the previous year, Liberal Democrat Rural Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael MP said: "These figures only confirm what people in rural areas have known for a long time. As government gets ever more centralised our country areas are increasingly left behind. Successive policing ministers may have forgotten the countryside but It is clear that the criminals have not. A visible presence from police that understand the needs of rural communities now has to be a priority."
15 Aug 2019
New leader can take Lib Dems into government- says leading Leicestershire Lib Dem Councillor
Jo Swinson has been welcomed to the leadership of the Lib Dems by a leading local Lib Dem who believes there's a real chance the party can make a big breakthrough at the next election.
22 Jul 2019
Lib Dems reveal extent of ‘criminal’ Tory police cuts
Liberal Democrat analysis of new Home Office figures, has revealed that the Conservative Government cut police funding to Leicestershire by 6.1% in real terms between 2015-16 and 2019-20. According to Liberal Democrat analysis, total government funding to all 43 forces (in 2019-20 prices) fell from £8.48 billion in 2015-16 to £7.99 billion in 2019-20. 32 of the 43 forces across the country experienced cuts of 6% or more. Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Ed Davey said: "Across the country, we are seeing rising crime and falling police. Far too many people now feel unsafe walking down their own streets. "Taking 5,000 police off our streets in the last four years and cutting funding in real-terms by £490 million from 2015-16 to 2019-20 are big Tory crimes." Liberal Democrat spokesperson for Hinckley and Bosworth Cllr Michael Mullaney added: "Inflicting 6% cuts on our local police force over the last four years, given concerns about knife crime, and other crime, shows just how out of touch t
10 Jul 2019
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