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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.

@LibDems contenders know bit about real life. @timfarron graduated @UniofNewcastle & is ex Cllr. @normanlamb Leicester Uni grad & is ex Cllr

Croxley Rail Link Postponed

The election has only been over for a week. Already the new Conservative Government, with its sharper focus on finance, is moving fast to delay or scale-back investment in infrastructure.

Croxley Rail Link Postponed

The election has only been over for a week. Already the new Conservative Government, with its sharper focus on finance, is moving fast to delay or scale-back investment in infrastructure.

Ofsted Grades Royal Borough's Children's Centres as "Requires Improvement"

Ofsted's summary finding on the Windsor and Datchet Children's Centre hub, which is responsible for running and managing Children's centres in the South and East of the Royal Borough including:

Mayor Dave - Bedford Hospital: Time for Review Uncertainty to End

Commenting on BBC Three Counties Radio this week, Mayor Dave Hodgson called for an end to the uncertainty and distress caused to patients and staff by the proposals of the CCG-led healthcare review 'Your Health in Bedfordshire'. The £3 million review's long overdue 'Progress Report', published at the end of October, concluded that either Bedford or Milton Keynes Hospitals must be downgraded to become an 'Integrated Care Centre. In practice, it is likely that this would mean a series of urgent care services reduced, with fewer births, for example, and a reduced Accident and Emergency service. This threat of severely reduced services has been placed over Bedford Hospital in spite of the fact that is rated very highly by the health watchdog the CQC, and is serving growing population. The review followed on from the discredited £2.2 million 'Healthier Together' review, which also placed Bedford Hospital under the threat of a severe downgrade In his live interview on Iain Lee's programme, Mayor Dave made clear he

Increased Liberal Democrat Group looking to the future

The Liberal Democrat Group met yesterday to work out how they could take forward their campaigns on Rugby Borough Council.