Recommended reading for Lib Dem councillors and local campaigners from the last seven days:
The Telegraph reports on: Alan Johnson resignation: Ed Balls gets his way Writing in the Independent: Mary Ann Sieghart: Ed Balls will be a disaster for Labour
The Guardian reports on: Control orders: home secretary tables watered-down regimeMeanwhile The Telegraph reports on how: Nick Clegg: Lib Dems will not strike deal with Conservatives
In local Government:
Municipal Journal reports on: Funding gap of £165m estimated for pothole repairThe Telegraph tells how: Half a million more homes lose weekly bin collections
Lib Dem LGA Adult Care spokesperson Cllr David Rogers writes in Lib Dem Voice: Opinion: Health & Social Care Bill – a local government perspective
Mark Pack writes about: Using council websites to help local residents generate social capital
Finally, those of us who are over 40 might take a second to reflect that this Tuesday was the 30th anniversary of the Limehouse Declaration. Doesn’t time fly….
Tim Pickstone
tim.pickstone@aldc.org