Rochdale MP - Paul Rowen has pledged to "fight tooth and nail" to maintain Maternity and Child Care Services in Rochdale. Paul has responded following a review of NHS services across the region - a review that could see the end of children's in-patient, maternity and neo-natal services at Rochdale Infirmary.
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Buckhurst Hill Liberal Democrats have announced their candidates for the parish council by-election on Thursday 8 December.
The former Director of M15 Dame Stella Rimington last night criticised government plans to introduce ID cards, saying no one in the intelligence services favoured the scheme. Speaking at a meeting of college heads in Birmingham Dame Rimington said the cards would not make the country safer and warned that the likelihood of forgery could make them "absolutely useless".
The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the Metropolitan police commissioner - Sir Ian Blair's call for a wide-ranging public debate on the kind of policing the country needs following the terror attacks in July. Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary said "The future of our police is at a crossroads." Sir Ian has warned that without a change in the way policing is debated, there is a danger of "drift" into further political controversies over issues such as 90-day detention powers and armed response.
