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Press release on the Autumn Statement.

Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget

Sewage in our Rivers

The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.

Post Election Blues...

As the election campaign dust begins to settle over the MedwayTowns, and the rest of the country, people who bothered to engage in the election process will begin to wonder whether or not they have done the right thing, both nationally and locally.

Can Tim help? MP holds Friday advice surgery

South Lakes MP Tim Farron is holding his next advice surgery at Kendal's Castle Street Centre this Friday (22 May).

Mayor Dave Announces Cabinet Changes Following Re-Election

Following his re-election with an increased majority, Mayor Dave Hodgson has announced changes to his Cabinet. The new Cabinet sees Mayor Dave joined by four Liberal Democrat and four Labour Members, representing groups comprising well over half of the seats won in the recent Council elections. The appointments allow for the continuation of the extremely successful partnership work of the groups on the Cabinet, which, despite huge reductions in the Council's funding, has protected services and cut or frozen council tax for five straight years.

Labour needs a decisive break with the past, so their new leader should be one of Gordon Brown's old Treasury ministers." #Burnham or #Cooper

Farron expresses concern for BBC journalists

Leadership contender and Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs spokesperson Tim Farron MP, has given his full support to BBC journalist Mark Lobel and his colleagues who have been arrested in Qatar.

Darwen Town Council website in a shambles

Darwen Town Council website has been criticised for not knowing who their Town Councillors are. On their website it lists as the Whitehall Town Councillors, David & Karimeh Foster. In fact they are not on the Town Council but on the Borough Council. The Town Councillors are John East and Vicky Rothwell. They also list John Roberts as a Town Councillor in Marsh House when in fact it should be Simon Huggill. It does not even tell you when the Town Council Meetings are, or let you access the minutes.