Shepway Liberal Democrats have slammed response times to email enquiries made to Shepway Council. An enquiry send by email to Shepway Council send on the 3rd of August and chased on 23rd August still has had no reply (beyond an automated receipt) by the 5th of September - over a MONTH after the initial enquiry.
Here is a round up of news stories from Andrew Duff, Liberal Democrat MEP for Epping Forest.
Detectives investigating the murder of a 44 year old gay man in Lewisham on Saturday 30 July 2005 are appealing for any information or witnesses to an assault. Police also want to hear from anyone who saw the man in the hours before his death.
Commenting on today's report by 'Friends of the Earth', which states that Britain is missing the Kyoto target for reducing carbon emission, Norman Baker MP, Liberal Democrat Shadow Environment Secretary said:
Shepway's Euro MP, Sharon Bowles, has discovered that local councils across the South East, including Shepway, are struggling to bring about energy efficiency improvements in line with government targets.
Mark Oaten, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary, has told Radio 4's Today programme that Britain's prison system is a shambles with suicides, widespread drug-taking and half of inmates re-offending on release; and that the problems of prisons had to be addressed if Britain was to get crime under control.
