Cllr. Christine Rycroft has been confirmed as the new Leader of the Liberal Democrats on Chelmsford Borough Council. Chris replaces Cllr. Phil Harvey. Also announced on the Lib Dem Shadow Cabinet is Cllr. Tom Smith-Hughes as the Deputy Leader, replacing Cllr. Trevor Miller, and Cllr. Margaret Hutchon to chair the key all-party watchdog Scrutiny Committee.
Local Lib Dems Sam Matthews and Darren Briddock are opposing Labour plans for ID cards. A report by the influential London School of Economics prices the ID card system as costing up to £18 billion - £300 for every person in the country.
The Liberal Democrats yesterday announced their plans for reform of the pensions system. The Liberal Democrats have written to Adair Turner, Chairman of the Pension Commission, setting out 10 key principles for pension reform.
Hythe computer expert and businessman Darren Briddock has spoken out against plans to fly nearly 100 head teachers from Kent to America for a fact-finding trip in term time to study "the application of the computer age in transforming the ways teachers teach and children learn".
Paul Rowen (Rochdale, LDem)
Springvale Councillor Richard Whitehouse contacted Wolverhampton City Highways concerning the dangerous condition of a retaining wall on the Birmingham New Road. It has now been repaired.
