Recommended reading for Liberal Democrat councillors and local campaigners from the last seven days. (Please note this column is produced on a Wednesday, so is before yesterday’s letter in The Times.)
Some of the better news stories of the week included that reported in the Independent as George Osborne in £800m tax raid on banks and in The Telegraph as Vince Cable promises 100,000 more apprenticeships
Less good news from those unelected Labour peers as reported by The Independent: Labour peers accused of sabotaging voting reform
Lib Dem Voice reports on the piece by David Laws in The Times (regrettably subscription-only online, which is why we never feature Times articles in this column) calling for Tax cuts for the rich can wait. Tax reform can’t
It also gives us Nick Clegg’s speech in full on economic growth and the Green Investment Bank
For a bit of video, you may wish to watch our very own Health Minister Paul Burstow MP launch the new Mental Health Strategy.
In local Government the Municpal Journal reports on:
Cambridgeshire leaders reveal secret merger talksSouth west LEP proposal gets go-aheadHammond gives go-ahead to nine local transport schemes
Finally readers may be interested in this offer, by the Co-Editor of Lib Dem Voice Mark Pack to send out a weekly email on news about the Lib Dems.
Tim Pickstone
tim.pickstone@aldc.org