Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have selected Christine McHugh as their prospective candidate for the Bedford Mayoral election in 2007. Christine was second in the Mayoral election in 2002, beating both the Tory and Labour candidates but missing out to "Better Bedford's" Frank Branston.
Keynote Speech by Charles Kennedy MP, Liberal Democrat Leader, Blackpool 2005
Following the announcement from former County Council partner HBS that it is to receive a £7.7 million severance fee, details which County Councillors had been banned from discussing, Lib Dem Councillor Susan Gaszczak said:
Lib Dems have taken action against unsafe and often illegal use of Go-Peds and other miniature motorcycles.
The government has admitted that it has been guilty of "overselling" the case for a compulsory national identity card scheme in Britain and conceded that it will not prove a panacea for fraud, terrorism or the abuse of public services.
Here is a round up of news stories from Andrew Duff, Liberal Democrat MEP for Bedford and Kempston.
