More than 70 foster carers approved by Milton Keynes Council attended an awards evening at the end of May. The event, held at the Cruck Barn in Bradwell Abbey, celebrated the hard work and commitment of carers who have dedicated their time to fostering children and young people from Milton Keynes. Foster carers were presented [...]
The new Leader of the Council Cec Tallack has appointed local Liberal Democrat Sam Potts to his cabinet. One of Council Leaders Cec Tallack first tasks was to appoint the cabinet. Cec has asked Sam to take on Health, Adult Social Care and well being. The rest of the Cabinet are made up of councillors [...]
Britain is set for real change with the Lib Dems in power for the first time in decades. The rise of the Lib Dems made the General Election the most exciting in a generation. Nearly seven million people voted for the Lib Dems. Now many of the policies those people have voted for will be [...]
Although Sherington ward did not have local elections this year – across Milton Keynes local elections took place. Liberal Democrats gained 3 seats Conservatives lost 3 seats Labour stayed where they were This leaves the overall balance of the council:- Liberal Democrats 24 Conservatives 17 Labour 9 Independent 1 Cllr Sam Potts said, “The Conservative [...]
Jill Hope has just thanked the 11,894 people who voted for her at the general election yesterday. The result is up from the previous election and is the highest vote enjoyed by the Liberal Democrats since 1987. Jill said, “We really have moved forward and turned this area into a 3 way marginal, I can [...]
The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UKGeneral Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory forNick Clegg and the Liberal [...]
Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th. These are the first of this kind of televised Party Leader debates in [...]
Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics. At the launch, Nick Clegg said: “Every manifesto needs to have an idea at its heart. The basic idea [...]
With the General Election on 6th May, there is still time to arrange a postal vote. Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station on polling day – for any reason. Applications to vote by post must also be received no later [...]
The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cablewin a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne. The Channel 4 vote results are athttp://tinyurl.com/yza4m6a and placeVince Cable as clearly ahead [...]
