Brendan Glynane, Leader of the Lib Dem group on Northamptonshire County Council, has welcomed the announcement that Liberal Democrats in government have secured funding for free school meals for all children of infant school age.
County Council revelations in the past few months leave serious questions to be answered about the future of the body, according to Cllr. Brendan Glynane, leader of the Lib Dems at County Hall.
Jill Hope, Lib Dem spokesperson for Children and Education at County Hall, has criticised Northamptonshire County Council for their late response to the growing population of the County.
The Government has today [2 September] announced additional funding to provide free early years education to two-year olds across England. In Northamptonshire, the allocation will more than double the number of eligible children, from 1576 this year to 3800 in 2014.
On a very hot night, Monday's meeting of the full Council saw the guildhall packed with disgruntled residents from across the town.
Lib Dem Councillor Sally Beardsworth (Lib Dem, Kingsthorpe) is delighted that the motion she put to the Borough Council on Monday was unanimously passed with little change.
Cllr. Dennis Meredith (Lib Dem, Talavera) has attacked local Conservative bosses for burdening local community organisations with huge extra costs during already tough times.
Liberal Democrat Councillor Chris Lofts has branded Conservative plans to start charging small businesses for trading standards advice a "tax on jobs" and "a direct attack on business."
Cllr. Chris Lofts (Lib Dem, Towcester) has strongly criticised the Conservative administration at County Hall for their ongoing failure to fix the damage they have done to Children's Services in Northamptonshire.
Northampton Liberal Democrats have called for an end to the speculation about a sale of the ancient Egyptian Sekhemka statue from Northampton's Museum.
The Leader of the Liberal Democrat Opposition at County Hall has slammed the Conservatives and Labour after they united to remove the Liberal Democrats from the Police and Crime Panel, despite the Liberal Democrats being entitled to a place under the law.
The Leader of the Opposition at County Hall has today reacted to an OFSTED inspection of safeguarding children that identified serious failings in the safeguarding of children. OFSTED judges Northamptonshire County Council as inadequate in all 4 categories and identifies that:
