Labour Mayor fails to uphold Council Policy
On Thursday night the Labour Mayor Cllr Khan had to use his casting vote, because the votes were tied in a debate.
2 May 2009
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WOULD BE MP PLEDGES 'NO' TO SECOND HOME
Following the news that the Prime Minister's much vaunted plans to radically change MP's Expenses are to be dropped, the Rossendale and Darwen LibDem Parliamentary candidate - Dale Mulgrew has pledged to take the matter into his own hands.
29 Apr 2009
Nick Clegg hails historic victory for Gurkhas
The Government suffered a symbolic defeat when MPs voted by 267 to 246 on a Liberal Democrat motion to give all Gurkha soldiers equal right of residence in Britain.
29 Apr 2009
TORY MP HOPEFUL SHOULD CONDEMN BNP FIASCO
Following the revelations that the Darwen Conservatives had invited a locally well known BNP activist to stand for them in the forthcoming Darwen Town Council elections, the Lib Dems have called for the Conservative Parliamentary Candidate - Jake Berry to distance himself from the local party's obvious serious failure.
25 Apr 2009
Liberal Democrats will cut people's income tax bill by £700 - Clegg
The Liberal Democrats will fight the next general election with a pledge to cut income tax bills by £700 for people on low and middle incomes, Nick Clegg revealed Monday.
22 Apr 2009
Nothing much in Budget for local people say Liberal Democrats
The Budget will do nothing for ordinary residents of Blackburn, Darwen, Rossendale or Hyndburn, who have been clobbered by rising food, fuel and transport prices, local Liberal Democrat have said.
22 Apr 2009