Recommended reading for Liberal Democrat councillors and local campaigners from the last week in the media. Please note this is all PRE-Comprehensive Spending Review material, no doubt next week’s column will focus on the CSR and its impact.
Prior to the CSR, the Independent reports on discussions in the “Star Chamber” on the spending review in One room, nine politicians, Britain’s future on the table
But aside from the CSR, stories around education and giving children a fair start in life dominated the political media.
Here Nick Clegg writes to Lib Dem MPs over tuition fees. Here are the results of the LibDemVoice survey of party members on tuition fees. Here’s a view from one party member on the issue in “Broken pledge: but we knew how bad it was in March“.
The Guardian reports on Nick Clegg’s announcement on the Fairness Premium in Nick Clegg: pupil premium will help future generations escape shadow of the deficit
Three local government stories from the last week – all, not surprisingly, cuts related:
From the Municipal Journal: CLG set to streamline management
and Half of voters feel councils will not face cuts
And from the Communities and Local Government department: Councils’ red tape cut as 4,700 Whitehall targets slashed