Epping Forest Liberal Democrat candidates launched their manifesto on Saturday for the county elections on 5 May. They are fighting for a cleaner and greener Essex, more spending on road and pavement maintenance, and better provision for young people in their local areas.
The battle for places on the new 80-seat County Council goes into top gear as nominations close later this week. This is expected to be the last set of councillors to hold their meetings at the historic County Hall in Kingston upon Thames, which is nowadays outside the administrative county of Surrey. The new building in Woking is intended to come into use before the end of 2007.
Charles Kennedy MP, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, will today welcome into the Party Cllr Stephen Wilkinson - until yesterday Labour's parliamentary candidate for Ribble Valley and a Labour member of Lancashire County Council.
Richard Mawrey QC, the Electoral Commissioner has today ruled that six Councillors in Birmingham were elected due to massive postal vote fraud. Mr. Mawrey ruled that the six Councillors lose their seats and re-runs occur. He further compared Birmingham City Council to a Banana Republic.
Commenting on the confirmation of Paul Wolfowitz as the next president of the World Bank, Parmjit Singh Gill MP, Member of Parliament of Parliament for Leicester South, said:
Michael Howard is set to lose both the General Election AND his own Parliamentary seat in the Folkestone & Hythe Constituency on Thursday.
