Stockton Liberal Democrats have welcomed the intervention by North East Liberal Democrat MEP Fiona Hall on behalf of workers at the Insolvency Office inStockton. Fiona has met with Norman Lamb MP to defend theStocktonoffice and warn of the danger of more job losses.
Residents living on the Eaglescliffe side of the River Tees flocked to Yarm Fellowship Hall on Thursday night to protest about plans for a car park on the Tannery site offAislaby Road, Eaglescliffe.
Local Liberal Democrats are delighted that the Coalition Government's National Planning Policy Framework, announced on Tuesday, confirms the end of a rule which made it difficult for councils to refuse building on gardens of existing houses.
In Stockton Borough 73,000 people will get a tax cut in 2013/14 as a result of this budget.
Liberal Democrat councillors in Stockton have joined others throughout the country to write to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to call on him to raise the income tax threshold to £10,000 faster than originally planned.
Stockton Lib Dems were at the Lib Dem Party Conference at The Sage in Gateshead this weekend, taking part in the conference.
