Recommended reading for Liberal Democrat councillors and local campaigning from the last week:
No to alternative vote’ camp gains record poll lead (Guardian) and in the Independent: Paddy Ashdown hits out at PM AV campaign
Tim Farron writes… Fairer Votes: so close we can almost touch it
The BBC reports from the European Parliament: European Parliament to consider plan to increase size (particularly interesting is a proposal to change the times of European elections to MAY).
Here’s the Sheffield Star’s take on Clegg donates profit from sale of house
On the campaign trail Lib Dem Voice reports on Nick Clegg’s speech in Sheffield on the difference that Liberal Democrat councils are making
In Wales the Guardian reports: Wales election: different language but the same issues – coalitions and cuts
In Local Government
LGA’s legal threat over academy funding cuts reports the MJ
Plans to extend council tax in Scotland questioned (also MJ)