Recommended reading for Lib Dem Councillors and local campaginers in the last week (please note this column goes to press on Wednesday morning, so anything on Student Financial Support is for next week….)
Post CSR its been a busy week for Government announcements, including many from our Lib Dem team on the front benches.
Labour tried to make an issue in the last week of proposals from the Government to cap Housing Benefit at around £400 a week (Observer: Housing Benefit Cut would make London Unaffordable). Amusingly Lib Dem Voice looked back at their own 2010 General Election Manifesto in Labour’s manifesto pledge to cap Housing Benefit
On the Environment we have seen the welcome launch of the Green Deal. Our very own Chris Huhne writes in Lib Dem Voice in Myth-busting: what the Coalition’s plans for nuclear energy really mean
The Evening Standard wonders if Now Nick Clegg is leading the Tories by the nose
In Local Government the big news has been the announcement that Mayoral Referenda will take place in twelve English cities on 5th May 2011 (though we now understand this is probably not going to be the case…) – here’s the Liverpool Daily Post report.
Late last week also saw the first wave of 24 LEPs (Local Economic Partnerships) have been announced by the CLG here.
We do try to cover a range of media sources in this column, but nothing yet from the “most read” paper by Lib Dem voters in the 2010 General Election……..
Finally, not a good night for the US Democrats. The New York Times has the results here – great if you like electoral maps as much as we do….
Tim Pickstone tim.pickstone@aldc.org