Recommended reading for Lib Dem Councillors and local campaigners from the last seven days:
National issues this week: The Guardian interviews Lib Dem Health Minister, Paul Burstow on: An equal footing for mental health
Writing in the Independent Andrew Grice asks if: Tories fear ‘betrayal’ by Cameron over electoral reform
When they say they have no Plan B, you really should believe them? Asks Andrew Rawnsley in the Observer.
The Municipal Journal claims an exclusive reporting that: Pickles set to avoid root-and-branch finance review
MJ reports that: Councils could be given power to relieve pressure on ‘sat-nav rat-runs’
For those of you who follow licensing issues: Legal ruling could hamper licence appeals (from the pub ‘trade press’).
Finally, it would be wrong not to give space to ALC’s former Organising Secretary and now Lord Tony Greaves:Tony Greaves writes: Coalition, Government and the Lords
Tim Pickstone
tim.pickstone@aldc.org