Recommended reading for Liberal Democrat councillors and local campaigners from the last seven days.
(Please note no column next week, due to the elections!)
In the last week the ‘debate’ over Fairer Votes has intensified: ‘This is our chance to hurt Cameron’ says Peter Mandleson in the IndependentDavid Cameron accused of making incendiary remarks about Lib Dems over AV, reports the Telegraph
Political Betting (.com) asks: Are Labour voters going to stay 50:50 on AV?and read in full Nick Clegg’s speech in Norwich last week at the AV rally.
Confirmation that we’re not in recession from the BBC in UK economy grows by 0.5% in first quarter of 2011
In the NHS the Municipal Journal reports: NHS savings at risk from restructure
In local government:
(Scottish) Social care reforms are a distraction warns COSLA
and a couple of stories on how much local councils spend paying Trades Union figures….
The Sun (always a friend of the the Union movement….) says: Cuts-councils pay £10m union wages whilst (with a slightly different list) Conservative Home says: Alok Sharma MP: How Council Tax payers have funded £35 million of Trade Union salaries over the past three years
You may wish to have a look at the: MJ Awards shortlist features 81 finalists
finally, from the General Election in Scoltland, here’s the second Election Broadcast from the Scottish Liberal Democrats on YouTube.